Method and apparatus for providing data from a data source to a data consumer, and for rendering data from a data provider to an interface
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1. A method of obtaining data from a data source and rendering the data to an interface, comprising:
- sending a first request message to a data provider;
receiving a first response message from the data provider, the first response message having a schema component and a data component, wherein the data component includes at least one data record having at least one data element and the schema component includes a name component, a display component, and a type component associated with the at least one data element in the at least one data record; and
rendering data from the data component to the interface according to the schema component.
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Abstract
An apparatus and methodology are provided for obtaining data from a data source and providing the data to a data consumer, as well as for providing data from a data provider to an interface. The method provides for sending an origin request message to a data provider, receiving an origin response message having a presentation schema and data, and rendering the data to an interface by providing a presentation language representation of the data according to the presentation schema.
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1. A method of obtaining data from a data source and rendering the data to an interface, comprising:
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sending a first request message to a data provider;
receiving a first response message from the data provider, the first response message having a schema component and a data component, wherein the data component includes at least one data record having at least one data element and the schema component includes a name component, a display component, and a type component associated with the at least one data element in the at least one data record; and
rendering data from the data component to the interface according to the schema component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for obtaining data from a data source and presenting the data to an interface comprising:
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a data consumer in communication with the interface and adapted to send a first request message to a data provider, the first request message having an origin record identifier, and a record count identifier;
wherein the data provider is adapted to send a first response message to the data consumer, the first response message having a schema component and a data component including data from the data source; and
wherein the data consumer is further adapted to render the data to the interface according to the schema component. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A data provider for providing data from a data source to a data consumer, comprising:
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means for receiving a first request message from the data consumer, the first request message having an origin record identifier and a record count identifier;
means for constructing a first response message having a schema component and a data component according to the origin record identifier and the record count identifier, wherein the data component includes data from the data source, wherein the data component includes at least one data record having at least one data element and the schema component includes a name component, a title component, a width component, an alignment component, a display component, and a type component associated with the at least one data element in the at least one data record; and
means for sending the first response message to the data consumer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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