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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2002
Paul E. Butterworth, Alamo, CA (US);
Frederick H. Carter, Fremont, CA (US);
Joseph R. Cortopassi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael S. Schilling, San Rafael, CA (US);
Charles E. Thurston, Kensington, CA (US);
Mark T. Wallace, San Rafael, CA (US);
Paul E. Butterworth, Alamo, CA (US);
Frederick H. Carter, Fremont, CA (US);
Joseph R. Cortopassi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael S. Schilling, San Rafael, CA (US);
Charles E. Thurston, Kensington, CA (US);
Mark T. Wallace, San Rafael, CA (US);
Amberpoint, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of supplementing the operations performed by a web service includes operating an autonomous software agent. The autonomous software agent receives a request directed to a web service and identifies a web service input operation associated with the request. The web service input operation is associated with a set of input actions. The input actions are executed prior to directing the request to web service. The autonomous software agent may also receive a response from the web service. A web service output operation associated with the response is identified. The web service output operation is associated with a set of output actions. The output actions are executed prior to directing the response to a client.