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Automotive information communication exchange system, method, and program product

  • US 7,487,110 B2
  • Filed: 01/30/2001
  • Issued: 02/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for exchanging automotive information between at least two automotive industry trading partners engaged in an automotive transaction, comprising:

  • a computer system including a central processing unit, an input/output interface, external devices, and a memory, wherein the memory includes;

    a mapping system for mapping the transaction element, wherein the mapping system includes a system for determining;

    a source of the transaction element, an application to which the transaction element is regarding, and a recipient to which the transaction element should be routed;

    a translation system for, after mapping the transaction element, translating a transaction element sent from a first trading partner intended for a second trading partner specified by the first trading partner, the transaction element being translated from a proprietary schema of the first trading partner into a universal schema and from the universal schema into a proprietary schema of the second trading partner;

    wherein translation of the transaction element comprises translating a data format and an application format of the transaction element;

    a routing system for, after translating the transaction element, routing the transaction element from the first trading partner in a first communication protocol to the second trading partner in a second different communication protocol of the second trading partner, wherein the first and second communication protocol comprise SOAP/XML, ODBC/JDBC, MQ, HTTP/XML, COM/COM+, RPC, CORBA/IIOP, OTMA, or WAP;

    a transaction management system for tracking a status of the transaction element, and providing the status of the transaction element to the first or second trading partner upon the first or second trading partner'"'"'s inquiry; and

    a security system including a firewall for controlling access to the computer system.

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