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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 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
Systems and methods of application integration, including constructing an application integration adapter in dependence upon a profile including data describing the adapter, receiving instructions to alter the adapter, and altering the adapter in dependence upon the instructions. Exemplary embodiments of the invention include communicating integration messages among applications through the adapter as altered. In typical embodiments, receiving instructions to alter the adapter includes detecting changes in the adapter profile. In such embodiments, detecting changes in the adapter profile includes creating a copy of the profile, and periodically comparing the profile and the copy. In other exemplary embodiments, receiving instructions to alter the adapter includes receiving from an application an administrative integration message bearing the instructions to alter the adapter. In such embodiments, altering the adapter in dependence upon the instructions includes updating the profile.