System and Method For Enhanced Application Server

• US 20100167765A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sybase Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sybase Nv (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Sutton, Raphael Hercules, SARMAH, Dilip
• Granted Patent: US 9,209,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A flexible, extensile, and dynamically configurable back-end Application Server environment that efficiently supports the ever-increasing range of activities for which mobile subscribers employ their wireless devices. The environment may operate within any number of entities within a messaging ecosystem including for example a service provider.

Claims

1. An application server system, comprising:

a gateway at which an incoming message is received;

an incoming queue on which at least aspects of the incoming message are deposited;

workflow modules, the workflow modules being operable to (a) retrieve the at least aspects of the incoming message from the incoming queue, (b) complete one or more processing steps, and (c) deposit an entry on an outgoing queue;

a gateway from which at least aspects of the entry is transmitted after the entry is retrieved from the outgoing queue;

a repository; and

an administrator.