APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THIN-CLIENTS AND MESSAGE FORMAT SERVICE (MFS)-BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IMS) APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for facilitating transactions between thin-clients and Message Format Service (MFS)-based Information Management System (IMS) applications, comprising:
- a security module configured to preserve and maintain user security credentials;
a connection module configured to establish a connection with an MFS-based IMS application by way of an MFS adapter, the connection supporting a conversational transaction;
a state module configured to preserve and maintain connection information associated with the connection and conversation-specific information based on one or more transaction messages from the thin-client; and
a control module configured to process a transaction message having one or more transaction message types, the control module further comprising a formatter configured to format a conversation output message for the thin-client according to connection information, wherein the formatter combines XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) information with XML Stylesheet (XSL) information to generate HTML data suitable for display on the thin-client and sends the HTML data to the thin-client.
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for facilitating conversational and non-conversational transactions between thin-clients and MFS-based IMS applications. The apparatus stores conversation attributes associated with a conversational transaction between a thin-client and an MFS-based IMS application, the conversation attributes comprising connection information and conversation-specific information. Next, one or more transaction messages from the thin-client are preprocessed based on a transaction message type. The stored conversation attributes are updated in response changes in the conversation attributes caused by the one or more transaction messages. Then, a conversation output message is formatted for the thin-client. The apparatus may include a security module that authenticates user, a connection module that establishes a connection with an MFS-based IMS application, a state module that preserves and maintains conversation attributes, and a control module to process a transaction message having one or more transaction message types.
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5 Claims
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1. An apparatus for facilitating transactions between thin-clients and Message Format Service (MFS)-based Information Management System (IMS) applications, comprising:
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a security module configured to preserve and maintain user security credentials; a connection module configured to establish a connection with an MFS-based IMS application by way of an MFS adapter, the connection supporting a conversational transaction; a state module configured to preserve and maintain connection information associated with the connection and conversation-specific information based on one or more transaction messages from the thin-client; and a control module configured to process a transaction message having one or more transaction message types, the control module further comprising a formatter configured to format a conversation output message for the thin-client according to connection information, wherein the formatter combines XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) information with XML Stylesheet (XSL) information to generate HTML data suitable for display on the thin-client and sends the HTML data to the thin-client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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