Method and Apparatus for Providing Web Services Using Preference Information
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1. A method of providing web services using preference information, the method comprising:
- preparing the preference information, which pre-describes information required by a web services provider, to provide web services requested by a web services requestor;
the web services requester requesting the web services for the web services provider; and
the web services provider interacting with the preference information when messages are exchanged between the web services requester and the web services provider to provide the requested web services, to minimize the number of messages exchanged between the web services requestor and the web services provider.
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Abstract
Provided is a method and apparatus for providing web services by which the performance of web services is improved and exchanges of a large quantity of messages are effectively supported. The method includes: preparing the preference information, which pre-describes information required by a web services provider, to provide web services requested by a web services requestor, and the web services provider interacting with the preference information to minimize the number of messages exchanged between the web services requestor and the web services provider.
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1. A method of providing web services using preference information, the method comprising:
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preparing the preference information, which pre-describes information required by a web services provider, to provide web services requested by a web services requestor;
the web services requester requesting the web services for the web services provider; and
the web services provider interacting with the preference information when messages are exchanged between the web services requester and the web services provider to provide the requested web services, to minimize the number of messages exchanged between the web services requestor and the web services provider. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An apparatus for providing web services using preference information, the apparatus comprising:
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a preference generator receiving from a web services requester information necessary for providing web services to generate preference information;
a preference storage unit storing the generated preference information;
a message processor receiving a message from the web services requestor and converting the received message into data in a format suitable for a web services protocol; and
a preference processor making the web services provider interact with the preference information when messages are exchanged between the web services requestor and the web services provider to provide web services requested from the web services requester, to minimize the number of messages exchanged between the web services requestor and a web services provider. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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