Interfacing servers in a Java based e-commerce architecture

• US 6,523,027 B1
• Filed: 07/30/1999
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture LLP (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Underwood, Roy Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Sanjiv
• Application Number:
  US09/364,531
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• Field of Search: 707/4, 707/3, 707/2, 707/5, 707/6, 707/1, 707/8, 707/9, 707/10, 707/100, 707/102, 707/103, 709/205, 709/247, 709/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation

Abstract

A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing an interface between a first server and a second server with a proxy component situated therebetween. Initially, a request for a business object is identified by an application on the first server. The first server is then connected to the second server. Next, selection criteria from the first server is transmitted to the second server. In response to the selection criteria, the first server receives a first recordset and a second recordset from the second server. Business data is included in the first recordset and result codes are included in the second recordset. The first and second recordsets are mapped to the business object and the business object is sent to the application on the first server.

Claims

1. A method for interfacing a first server and a second server with a proxy component situated therebetween comprising:

(a) identifying a request for a business object by an application on the first server;

(b) connecting the first server with the second server via the proxy component, the Internet and an e-commerce computer architecture;

(c) transmitting selection criteria from the first server to the second server via the Internet;

(d) receiving a first recordset and a second recordset from the second server in response to the selection criteria, wherein the first recordset includes business data and the second recordset includes result codes;

(e) mapping the first and second recordsets to the business object; and

(f) sending the business object to the application on the first server.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, and further comprising the step of receiving a third recordset from the second server in response to the selection criteria, wherein the third recordset includes errors and references to an error table on the first server for allowing processing of the errors.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the recordsets are ActiveX data objects (ADO) recordsets.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, and further comprising the step of preventing changes to the proxy component from affecting the application on the first server.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, and further comprising the step of allowing generation of a plurality of the proxy components by a user.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second recordsets are mapped to the business object using a utility conversion function.

7. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for interfacing a first server and a second server with a proxy component situated therebetween comprising:

(a) a code segment that identifies a request for a business object by an application on the first server;

(b) a code segment that connects,the first server with the second server via the proxy component, the Internet and an e-commerce computer architecture;

(c) a code segment that transmits selection criteria from the first server to the second server via the Internet;

(d) a code segment that receives a first recordset and a second recordset from the second server in response to the selection criteria, wherein the first recordset includes business data and the second recordset includes result codes;

(e) a code segment that maps the first and second recordsets to the business object; and

(f) a code segment that sends the business object to the application on the first server.

8. A computer program as recited in claim 7, and further comprising a code segment that receives a third recordset from the second server in response to the selection criteria, wherein the third recordset includes errors and references to an error table on the first server for allowing processing of the errors.

9. A computer program as recited in claim 7, wherein the recordsets are ActiveX data objects (ADO) recordsets.

10. A computer program as recited in claim 7, and further comprising a code segment that prevents changes to the proxy component from affecting the application on the first server.

11. A computer program as recited in claim 7, and further comprising a code segment that allows generation of a plurality of the proxy components by a user.

12. A computer program as recited in claim 7, wherein the first and second recordsets are mapped to the business object using a utility conversion function.

13. A system for interfacing a first server and a second server with a proxy component situated therebetween comprising:

(a) logic that identifies a request for a business object by an application on the first server;

(b) logic that connects the first server with the second server via the proxy component, the Internet and an e-commerce computer architecture;

(c) logic that transmits selection criteria from the first server to the second server via the Internet;

(d) logic that receives a first recordset and a second recordset from the second server in response to the selection criteria, wherein the first recordset includes business data and the second recordset includes result codes;

(e) logic that maps the first and second recordsets to the business object; and

(f) logic that sends the business object to the application on the first server.

14. A system as recited in claim 13, and further comprising logic that receives a third recordset from the second server in response to the selection criteria, wherein the third recordset includes errors and references to an error table on the first server for allowing processing of the errors.

15. A system as recited in claim 13, wherein the recordsets are ActiveX data objects (ADO) recordsets.

16. A system as recited in claim 13, and further comprising logic that prevents changes to the proxy component from affecting the application on the first server.

17. A system as recited in claim 13, and further comprising logic that allows generation of a plurality of the proxy components by a user.

18. A system as recited in claim 13, wherein the first and second recordsets are mapped to the business object using a utility conversion function.