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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Virgil A. Albaugh, Austin, TX (US);
Messaoud Benantar, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Yen-tang Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Hari Haranath Madduri, Austin, TX (US);
Virgil A. Albaugh, Austin, TX (US);
Messaoud Benantar, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Yen-tang Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Hari Haranath Madduri, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for partial ordering service capabilities in an e-marketplace hub is presented. A recipient trading partner sets receive message constraints and a sending trading partner specifies sending message capabilities. The e-marketplace hub compares the receive message constraints with the sending message capabilities. If the sending message capabilities are a subset of the receive message constraints, the e-marketplace hub establishes a trading partner link between the sending trading partner and the recipient trading partner so the sending trading partner may send messages to the recipient trading partner. The e-marketplace hub may recursively compare sending message capabilities with receive message constraints at various levels to ensure a valid trading partner link.