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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
Karl Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Francois Jouaux, Woodside, CA (US);
Ernest Kim, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ron Lue-sang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Melissa Turner, Burlingame, CA (US);
Andreas Wendker, San Jose, CA (US);
Karl Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Francois Jouaux, Woodside, CA (US);
Ernest Kim, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ron Lue-Sang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Melissa Turner, Burlingame, CA (US);
Andreas Wendker, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically providing network services in a way that improves upon the prior art. Systems implementing aspects of the invention can, for instance, provide developers with a mechanism for creating Web Services without having to write low-level SOAP, XML, or WSDL code. The system utilizes a rule-based approach to provide a mechanism for dynamically reconfiguring the system with requiring redeployment of the entire system.