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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Martin A. Ambrosini, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Edward E. Huth, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Victor S. Moore, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Wendi L. Nusbickel, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Brian E. Yoder, Boca Raton, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for mapping a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) interface to a Directory Assistance (DA) system can include extracting LDAP compatible search arguments from an LDAP request for searching an LDAP database. The LDAP compatible search arguments can be converted to search arguments compatible with a DA system database. The DA system database can be queried using the converted search arguments. A result set of listings from the DA system database can be received in response to the query. The result set can be converted to a result set compatible with LDAP. Each of the five steps can be performed in a plug-in to the LDAP server. The method further can include receiving the LDAP request from an LDAP client as well as receiving the LDAP request in an LDAP server.