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Web services via instant messaging

  • US 20040078424A1
  • Filed: 10/16/2002
  • Published: 04/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device, comprising:

  • a database that stores information corresponding to a plurality of web services; and

    a proxy module that receives from an instant messaging (IM) user an IM-formatted request for a web service, generates a web service-formatted request corresponding to the requested web service based at least on the IM-formatted request and on information corresponding to the requested web service stored in the database, and sends the web service-formatted request to a specific web service provider that provides the requested web service.

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