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System and method for conversation based on web service addressing

  • US 8,271,602 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2006
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system to provide a conversational service, comprising:

  • a service provider operable to;

    accept a service request message for the conversational service from a first client, wherein the service request message contains a callback address of the first client in a header of the service request message, wherein the callback address is based on a web service addressing protocol and is independent of an underlying transport protocol;

    define the conversational service as a contract based on the web service addressing protocol, wherein the first client implements the contract and the contract allows the first client to communicate with the service provider;

    create a conversation and a conversation identification;

    automatically perform a callback address lookup that is transparent to the first client and is independent of the underlying transport protocol; and

    provide a response associated with the conversation identification to the first client associated with the callback address using an intermediary service, wherein the response is in a uniform format independent of the underlying transport protocol,wherein the intermediary service operates totranslate the response from the uniform format into a format acceptable by the first client; and

    relay information between the service provider and the first client.

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