Method of handling a web service call

• US 7,516,195 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2004
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Truntschka, Carole, Collet, Jean-Luc, Drouet, Francois-Xavier, Picon, Joaquin
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Philip B
• Application Number:
  US10/822,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20040255006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,821 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709217-219, 709/227, 709/237
• 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 method for handling a web service call by clients in a communication network is disclosed. The method comprises issuing client requests to call a web service from a client requester. The method also comprises registering the client request to a callback web service within a callback web service, and 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 method for handling a web service call by a client in a communication network comprising the steps of:

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.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising after the registering step, the step of storing a client identity along with a client request.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising after the issuing step, the step of determining whether the at least one client request to call a web service is already stored or not.