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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Kazuhiro Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenori Kino, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Mizuguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Data is exchanged among interconnected applications over a network in a mutual use of data and functions without modifying an existing application system. The inter-application data transmission/reception is achieved by a resident agent for controlling an application based upon a flow control rule to obtain data in a format dependent on the application and converting the format of the obtained data into an intermediate format based upon a first data format conversion rule so as to transmit the obtained and converted data in the intermediate format or converting the intermediate format of received data into the format dependent on the application based upon a second data format conversion rule so as to update the obtained data in the format dependent on the application with the received and converted data in the format dependent on the application based upon the flow control rule.