Delivering service to a client via a locally addressable interface

• US 6,438,594 B1
• Filed: 08/31/1999
• Issued: 08/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture LLP (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Bowman-Amuah, Michel K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Krisna
• Application Number:
  US09/387,064
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/217, 709/201, 709/225, 709/203, 709/250
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4488 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548

Abstract

A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for delivering service via a locally addressable interface. A plurality of globally addressable interfaces and a plurality of locally addressable interfaces are provided. Access is allowed to a plurality of different sets of services from each of the globally addressable interfaces and the locally addressable interface. Each interface has a unique set of services associated therewith. The globally addressable interfaces are registered in a naming service for facilitating access thereto. Use of the locally addressable interfaces is permitted only via the globally addressable interfaces or another locally addressable interface.

Claims

1. A method for delivering service via a locally addressable interface comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of globally addressable interfaces, a plurality of locally addressable interfaces, and a plurality of services;

(b) allowing access to one of the a plurality of services from one of the plurality of globally addressable interfaces or one of the plurality of locally addressable interfaces, wherein each of the globally addressable interfaces and each of the locally addressable interfaces has a unique set of services from the plurality of services associated therewith, and wherein each of the interfaces serves to direct client requests to the set of services associated therewith;

(c) registering the plurality of globally addressable interfaces in a naming service for facilitating access thereto; and

(d) permitting use of each of the plurality of locally addressable interfaces only via the globally addressable interfaces or another locally addressable interface.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the use of the locally addressable interfaces is facilitated by structured-based communication.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the access is allowed via a customer interface proxy, a customer server and a database of the globally addressable interface.

4. A method as recited in claim 3, and further comprising the steps of:

receiving a request by the customer interface proxy for a reference to one of the locally addressable interfaces wherein the request is forwarded across a network to the database of a server of the globally addressable interface;

returning data from the database in response to the request;

instantiating an object and populating it with the data by the server of the globally addressable interface wherein the object is associated with one of the locally addressable interfaces;

forwarding the locally addressable interface to the globally addressable interface; and

forwarding a reference to the locally addressable interface across the network and to the customer interface proxy.

5. A method as recited in claim 4, and further comprising the step of using the customer interface proxy to access the locally addressable interface across the network.

6. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium and executed by a computer for delivering service via a locally addressable interface comprising:

(a) a code segment that provides a plurality of globally addressable interfaces, a plurality of locally addressable interfaces, and a plurality of services;

(b) a code segment that allows access to one of the a plurality of services from one of the plurality of globally addressable interfaces or one of the plurality of locally addressable interfaces, wherein each of the globally addressable interfaces and each of the locally addressable interfaces has a unique set of services from the plurality of services associated therewith, and wherein each of the interfaces serves to direct client requests to the set of services associated therewith;

(c) a code segment that registers the plurality of globally addressable interfaces in a naming service for facilitating access thereto; and

(d) a code segment that permits use of each of the plurality of locally addressable interfaces only via the globally addressable interfaces or another locally addressable interface.

7. A computer program as recited in claim 6, wherein the use of the locally addressable interfaces is facilitated by structured-based communication.

8. A computer program as recited in claim 6, wherein the access is allowed via a customer interface proxy, a customer server and a database of the globally addressable interface.

9. A computer program as recited in claim 8, and further comprising a code segment that receives a request by the customer interface proxy for a reference to one of the locally addressable interfaces wherein the request is forwarded across a network to the database of a server of the globally addressable interface;

a code segment that returns data from the database in response to the request;

a code segment that instantiates an object and populating it with the data by the server of the globally addressable interface wherein the object is associated with one of the locally addressable interfaces;

a code segment that forwards the locally addressable interface to the globally addressable interface; and

a code segment that forwards a reference to the locally addressable interface across the network and to the customer interface proxy.

10. A computer program as recited in claim 9, and further comprising a code segment that uses the customer interface proxy to access the locally addressable interface across the network.

11. A system for delivering service via a locally addressable interface comprising:

(a) software logic that provides a plurality of globally addressable interfaces, a plurality of locally addressable interfaces, and a plurality of services;

(b) software logic that allows access to one of the a plurality of services from one of the plurality of globally addressable interfaces or one of the plurality of locally addressable interfaces, wherein each of the globally addressable interfaces and each of the locally addressable interfaces has a unique set of services from the plurality of services associated therewith, and wherein each of the interfaces serves to direct client requests to the set of services associated therewith;

(c) software logic that registers the plurality of globally addressable interfaces in a naming service for facilitating access thereto; and

(d) software logic that permits use of each of the plurality of locally addressable interfaces only via the globally addressable interfaces or another locally addressable interface.

12. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the use of the locally addressable interfaces is facilitated by structured-based communication.

13. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the access is allowed via a customer interface proxy, a customer server and a database of the globally addressable interface.

14. A system as recited in claim 13, and further comprising logic that receives a request by the customer interface proxy for a reference to one of the locally addressable interfaces wherein the request is forwarded across a network to the database of a server of the globally addressable interface;

logic that returns data from the database in response to the request;

logic that instantiates an object and populating it with the data by the server of the globally addressable interface wherein the object is associated with one of the locally addressable interfaces;

logic that forwards the locally addressable interface to the globally addressable interface; and

logic that forwards a reference to the locally addressable interface across the network and to the customer interface proxy.

15. A system as recited in claim 14, and further comprising logic that uses the customer interface proxy to access the locally addressable interface across the network.