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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1990
Nathanial Calvert, Rochester, MN (US);
John L Koehler, Rochester, MN (US);
Erik D Lindberg, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark A McKelvey, Rochester, MN (US);
Steven P Mervosh, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey A Newton, Rochester, MN (US);
George B Scarborough, Rochester, MN (US);
Ruth A Upchurch, Rochester, MN (US);
Sandra D Westling, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A service network has several computer systems connected together. A computer system can either be a 'Service Requestor' (SR), a 'Service Provider' (SP), or a hybrid of the two, a 'Service Provider/Requestor' (SP/R). The service network is built by an enrollment process that adds computer systems into the service network. A SP (or SP/R acting as an SP) already in the network can initiate the enrollment of an SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) into the network. In addition, a SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) can initiate a request for enrollment into the network. If such a request is initiated, it must be approved automatically or with human intervention.