SYSTEM OF HANDLING A WEB SERVICE CALL

• US 20090119387A1
• Filed: 01/02/2009
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carole Truntschka, Francois-Xavier Drouet, Jean-Luc Collet, Joaquin Picon
• Original Assignee: Carole Truntschka, Francois-Xavier Drouet, Jean-Luc Collet, Joaquin Picon
• Inventors: Truntschka, Carole, Drouet, Francois-Xavier, Picon, Joaquin, Collet, Jean-Luc
• Granted Patent: US 7,756,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system for handling a web service call by clients in a communication network is disclosed. The system comprises a client requester for issuing client requests. The client requests may comprise at least one client request to call a web service. The system also comprises a callback web Service that is coupled to the client requester for registering the at least one client request to call a web service and for invoking the called web service. A response web service is coupled to the callback web service for receiving a response to the at least one client request to call a web service and is also coupled to the client requester for delivering the response when a client request to obtain the response is issued from the client requester.

Claims

1. A system for handling a web service call by clients in a communication network comprising:

client requester means for issuing client requests comprising at least one client request to call a web service, wherein the at least one client request to call a web service is sent to a callback web service;

callback web service means coupled to the client requester means for registering the at least one client request to call a web service within the callback web service and for invoking a called web service by sending the at least one client request to call a web service to a called web service; and

response web service means coupled to the callback web service means for receiving a response to the at least one client request to call a web service and coupled to the client requester means for manually delivering the response based upon when a client request to obtain the response is issued from the client requester means;

wherein the callback web service is distinct from the client requester means and the response web service means.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the callback web service means further comprise storage means to store a client identity along with a client request.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the callback web service means further comprise means for determining whether the at least one client request to call a web service is already stored or not within the storage means.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the client requests further comprise at least one client request to subscribe to an already stored at least one client request to call a web service.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one client request to call a web service comprises at least one parameter to define a protocol to be used for delivering the response to the client.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the protocol is a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) or a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

7. A computer program product stored on computer usable medium, which when executed, handles a web service call by clients in a communication network, the computer usable medium comprising program code for:

issuing at least one client request to call a web service from a client requester, wherein the at least one client request to call a web service is sent to a callback web service;

registering the at least one client request to call a web service within the callback web service, and invoking a called web service by sending the at least one client request to call a web service to a called web service;

receiving a response to the at least one client request to call a web service within a response web service; and

delivering the response manually, based upon when a client request to obtain the response is issued from the client requester;

wherein the callback web service is distinct from the client requester and the response web service.