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Catalog search agent

  • US 7,370,007 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2003
  • Issued: 05/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a request for at least one catalog item from a requestor;

    formatting the request according to a catalog interface protocol;

    determining a plurality of catalog servers available to the request, said determining comprising determination by an application server of available catalog servers from proxy settings of a browser used by the requestor;

    sending the formatted request to a plurality of catalog servers;

    receiving a response from each of the plurality of catalog servers in a format conforming to the catalog interface protocol, each of the responses including results describing at least one catalog item identified in response to the request;

    parsing the responses to obtain the results; and

    sending the results from the plurality of catalog servers to the requestor.

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