System and method for communication over an adaptive service bus

1. A method for communicating over an adaptive service bus comprising:

receiving a control message from a configuration manager, wherein the configuration manager is adapted for communicating the control message over a bus and wherein the control message comprises an inbound connector rule, an inbound channel rule, a message processor receiving rule, a message communication processing rule, and a communication routing rule;

configuring an inbound connector in accordance with the inbound connector rule;

receiving at the inbound connector a class of communications from a sending communications platform and passing a communication within the communications class to an inbound channel;

configuring the inbound channel in accordance with the inbound channel rule;

receiving at the inbound channel the communication from the inbound connector and passing the communication to a channel manager;

configuring the channel manager in accordance with the message processor receiving rule;

receiving at the channel manager the communication from the inbound channel and passing the communication to a message processor;

configuring the message processor in accordance with the message communication processing rule;

receiving at the message processor the communication from the channel manager, processing the communication in accordance with the message communication processing rule, and passing the processed communication to a router;

configuring the router in accordance with the communication routing rule;

receiving at the router the processed communication from the message processor; identifying an outbound channel, wherein an outbound channel comprises a path to the bus;

obtaining a destination address for the processed communication; and

placing the processed communication on the identified outbound channel for delivery to the destination address.

2. The method for communicating over an adaptive service bus of claim 1 , wherein the class of communications comprises communications formed in accordance with a communication protocol.

3. The method for communicating over an adaptive service bus of claim 2 , wherein the communication protocol is selected from the group consisting of a protocol used for email transport, a protocol used for hypertext transfer, a protocol used for transport of data from a database, and a protocol used for transport of data between queues.

4. The method for communicating over an adaptive service bus of claim 1 , wherein processing the communication in accordance with the communication processing rule comprises:

translating the communication to a format suitable for processing the selected communication; and

processing the translated communication in accordance with the communication processing rule.

5. The method for communicating over an adaptive service bus of claim 1 , wherein prior to placing the processed communication on the selected outbound channel for delivery to the destination address, the method further comprises:

identifying a current format of the processed communication;

identifying a format suitable for delivery to the destination address; and

translating the processed communication to the format suitable for delivery to the destination address.

6. The method for communicating over an adaptive service bus of claim 1 , wherein the control message further comprises an outbound connector rule and wherein the method further comprises:

configuring an outbound connector in accordance with the outbound connector rule for:

receiving the processed communication via the outbound channel; and

passing the processed communication to a receiving communications platform at the destination address.

7. The method for communicating over an adaptive service bus of claim 1 , wherein the adaptive service bus is a component of a service-related enterprise and wherein the communication is selected from the group consisting of an add-subscriber message, a delete-subscriber message, a suspend-subscriber message, an add-service message, a delete-service message, an add-device message, and a delete-device message.

8. An adaptive service bus comprising:

a bus;

a configuration manager connected to the bus, wherein the configuration manager is adapted for communicating a control message over the adaptive service bus and wherein the control message comprises an inbound connector rule, an inbound channel rule, a message processor receiving rule, a message communication processing rule, and a communication routing rule;

an inbound connector connected to the bus, wherein the inbound connector is configured using the inbound connector rule for:

receiving a class of communications from a communications platform; and

passing a communication within the communications class to an inbound channel;

the inbound channel, wherein the inbound channel is configured using the inbound channel rule for:

receiving the communication from the inbound connector; and

passing the communication to a channel manager;

the channel manager, wherein the channel manager is configured using the message processor receiving rule for:

receiving the communication from the inbound channel; and

passing the communication to a message processor;

the message processor, wherein the message processor is configured using the message communication processing rule for:

receiving the communication from the channel manager;

processing the communication; and

passing the processed communication to a router; and

the router, wherein the router is configured using the communication routing rule for:

receiving the processed communication from the message processor:

identifying an outbound channel, wherein an outbound channel comprises a path to the bus; and

obtaining a destination address for the processed communication; and

placing the processed communication on the selected outbound channel for delivery to the destination address.

9. The adaptive service bus of claim 8 , wherein the class of communications comprises a communication formed in accordance with a communication protocol.

10. The adaptive service bus of claim 9 , wherein the communication protocol is selected from the group consisting of a protocol used for email transport, a protocol used for hypertext transfer, a protocol used for transport of data from a database, and a protocol used for transport of data between queues.

11. The adaptive service bus of claim 8 , wherein the message processor is further configured for:

prior to processing the communication in accordance with the communication processing rule, translating the communication to a format suitable for processing the selected communication; and

processing the translated communication in accordance with the communication processing rule.

12. The adaptive service bus of claim 8 , wherein the message processor is further configured for:

prior to placing the processed communication on the selected outbound channel for delivery to the destination address, identifying a current format of the processed communication;

identifying a format suitable for delivery to the destination address; and

translating the processed communication to the delivery format.

13. The adaptive service bus of claim 8 , wherein the control message further comprises an outbound connector rule, wherein the adaptive service bus further comprises an outbound connector, and wherein the outbound connector is configured using the outbound connector rule for:

receiving the processed communication via the outbound channel; and

passing the processed communication to a receiving communications platform at the destination address.

14. The adaptive service bus of claim 8 , wherein the adaptive service bus is a component of a service-related enterprise and wherein the communication is selected from the group consisting of an add-subscriber message, a delete-subscriber message, a suspend-subscriber message, an add-service message, a delete-service message, an add-device message, and a delete-device message.

15. A method for managing customer transactions in a service-related enterprise using an adaptive service bus of claim 8 comprising:

establishing a transaction flow for a customer transaction;

sending a control message comprising an inbound connector rule, an inbound channel rule, a message processor receiving rule, a message communication processing rule, and a communication routing rule to the adaptive service bus to implement the transaction flow; and

transporting the customer transaction over the adaptive service bus in accordance with the inbound connector rule, the inbound channel rule, the message processor receiving rule, the message communication processing rule, and the communication routing rule to a directory identified in the transaction flow.

16. The method for managing customer transactions of claim 15 , wherein the customer transaction is selected from the group consisting of an add-subscriber message, a delete-subscriber message, a suspend-subscriber message, an add-service message, a delete-service message, an add-device message, and a delete-device message.

17. The method for managing customer transactions of claim 15 , wherein the transaction flow comprises the directory and dependent directories and wherein the method further comprises transporting the customer transaction over the adaptive service bus in accordance with the inbound connector rule, the inbound channel rule, the message processor receiving rule, the message communication processing rule, and the communication routing rule to the dependent directories.