Adaptive communication application programming interface

• US 20030018830A1
• Filed: 03/31/2001
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siebel Systems Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Annadata, Anil K., Chen, Mingte, Chan, Leon
• Granted Patent: US 7,581,230 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/03 Protocol definition or specification protocol conformance testing H04L1/244
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and apparatus for inter-module communication is disclosed. The method includes defining a command definition, wherein the command definition comprises commands for interfacing with a multi-channel, multi-media, communication queuing system. The command definition can include, for example, driver object commands to request media type lists and command event lists, create drivers, request service, and release drivers. The command definition can also include, for example, service object commands to release service objects, notify when handling of an event is complete, invoke commands, release work items, suspend work items, resume work items, handle queued events, and cancel queued events. The command definition can also include, for example, client object commands to start a work item, release work items, save work item contexts, restore work item contexts, serialize work items, free work item storage, begin batch processing, and end batch processing.

Claims

1. An inter-module interface definition comprising:

a command definition, wherein

said command definition comprises commands for interfacing with a multi-channel, multi-media, communication queuing system.

2. The inter-module interface definition of claim 1, wherein the command definition includes driver object commands to request media type lists and command event lists, create drivers, request service, and release drivers.

3. The inter-module interface definition of claim 1, wherein the command definition includes service object commands to release service objects, notify when handling of an event is complete, invoke commands, release work items, suspend work items, resume work items, handle queued events, and cancel queued events.

4. The inter-module interface definition of claim 1, wherein the command definition includes client object commands to start a work item, release work items, save work item contexts, restore work item contexts, serialize work items, free work item storage, begin batch processing, and end batch processing.

5. A method of inter-module communication comprising:

defining a command definition, wherein

said command definition comprises commands for interfacing with a multi-channel, multi-media, communication queuing system.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising defining driver object commands for requesting media type lists and command event lists, creating driver objects, requesting service, and releasing driver objects.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising defining releasing service objects, notifying when handling of an event is complete, invoking commands, releasing work items, suspending work items, resuming work items, handling queued events, and cancelling queued events.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising defining client object commands for starting a work item, releasing work items, saving work item contexts, restoring work item contexts, serializing work items, freeing work item storage, beginning batch processing, and ending batch processing.

9. A computer readable storage media comprising:

computer instructions to implement the method of claim 5.

10. A signal in a carrier medium comprising:

computer instructions to implement the method of claim 5.