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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Michael Gilfix, Austin, TX (US);
Jerry Walter Malcolm, Austin, TX (US);
Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Austin, TX (US);
Tyron Jerrod Stading, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Stuart Williamson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Scott Lee Winters, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Gilfix, Austin, TX (US);
Jerry Walter Malcolm, Austin, TX (US);
Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Austin, TX (US);
Tyron Jerrod Stading, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Stuart Williamson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Scott Lee Winters, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Software application integration including providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications receivers, each receiver specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications senders, each sender specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing one or more transports, each transport having the capability of configuring itself, in dependence upon configuration parameters from a profile, with a receiver and a sender; providing a multiplicity of predefined transfer managers; providing an adapter profile identifying communications transports, including receivers and senders, and, optionally, one or more transfer managers, wherein the adapter profile includes configuration parameters for the data communications transports and the transfer managers; and constructing an application integration adapter in dependence upon the profile, wherein the adapter comprises the transports, receivers, senders, and the transfer managers identified in the profile.