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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Cheng Han, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul Lin, Nashua, NH (US);
Marco Carrer, Nashua, NH (US);
Wai-kwong (Sam) Lee, Nashua, NH (US);
Alok Srivastava, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Cheng Han, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul Lin, Nashua, NH (US);
Marco Carrer, Nashua, NH (US);
Wai-Kwong (Sam) Lee, Nashua, NH (US);
Alok Srivastava, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Oracle International Corp., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A syndicator for disseminating Web services and other resources from service and content providers to service consumers and for establishing and implementing subscription agreements specifying the terms upon which digital assets are provided to subscribers. A registration database stores a service description for each of a plurality of different Web services and other resources. Each stored service description contains an input processing specification, an output processing specification, and the specification of the business terms upon which the described service or resource is offered by its provider to subscribers. A subscription manager conducts a negotiation with a prospective subscriber and receives from the subscriber an acceptance of the business terms upon which a specified Web service or resource is offered to establish a subscription agreement. Event tracking records information describing the performance of each service on behalf of each subscriber to perform subscription accounting functions.