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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2003
Weidong Wang, Lexington, MA (US);
John Burkhardt, Arlington, MA (US);
Jack E. Ozzie, Chester, NH (US);
Weidong Wang, Lexington, MA (US);
John Burkhardt, Arlington, MA (US);
Jack E. Ozzie, Chester, NH (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An API development framework uses a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) protocol to provide access to a collaborative client from a remote user that does not have access to the collaborative software. A WSAP server acts as a bridge between the native collaborative environment and any non-native environment or application that can process SOAP commands and allows the two entities to communicate regardless of firewalls and other security software. The non-native environment can be either local (on the same machine as the collaborative client program) or physically remote (on a different machine). In addition to the server, the illustrative framework includes client side support that is comprised of a SOAP proxy component and remote interfaces to collaborative system objects and platform tools.