IP Library Granted Patent US 8,938,744
Granted Patent B2
US 8,938,744 · App. 13/591,569 · Granted Jan 20, 2015

System and method for providing interoperability between different programming protocols

Inventors: Larry A. Black (Birmingham, AL); Ronald O. Pierce (Hoover, AL)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
G06F9/547H04L29/06H04L69/08
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Patent No.
US 8,938,744
App. No.
13/591,569
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing interoperability of systems are provided. One embodiment may be seen as instantiating a server in a container having instances of Enterprise Java™ Beans (EJB), and accessing the EJB through the local interface of the EJB. Since the EJB is accessed from within the container, the need for translation of messaging protocols at a bridge is removed. The server components are provided access to the EJB logic through the local interface of the EJB.

Claims (40)

1. In a distributed network, a method comprising:

instantiating a Java™ Bean within a container;

instantiating a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server within the container;

responsive to servicing a received request for data from a client workstation, locally calling the Java™ Bean from the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server using a local interface of the Java™ Bean to provide the data requested;

instantiating a Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object within the container to service the received request, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object is configured to access the Java™ Bean using the local interface of the Java™ Bean; and

providing the data returned from the Java™ Bean to the client workstation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a Java™ Bean container.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

instantiating all Common Object Request Broker Architecture server components within the container.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is instantiated as the Java™ Bean.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising instantiating a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component within the container,

wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component is selected from a group consisting of: a root portable object adapter; a child portable object adapter; a portable object adapter manager; a servant manager; a portable object adapter policy; a transient object; a persistent object; a session object; an entity object; a factory object; a servant activator; and a servant locator object.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server calls a second Java™ Bean located in a second container using a remote interface of the second Java™ Bean.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received request comprises one of a request to setup a new account, a request to lookup an existing account, a request to modify an existing account, or a request to link several separate accounts that belong to a common individual.

8. A system comprising:

a computer processor;

a Java™ Bean within a container instantiated by the computer processor;

a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server instantiated by the computer processor within the container, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is configured to locally call the Java™ Bean using a local interface of the Java™ Bean; and

a Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object within the container configured to service a received request, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object is configured to access the Java™ Bean using the local interface of the Java™ Bean.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the container comprises a Java™ Bean container.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a plurality of Common Object Request Broker Architecture server components within the container.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is instantiated as the Java™ Bean.

12. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component instantiated within the container,

wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component is selected from a group consisting of: a root portable object adapter; a child portable object adapter; a portable object adapter manager; a servant manager; a portable object adapter policy; a transient object; a persistent object; a session object; an entity object; a factory object; a servant activator; and a servant locator object.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is configured to call a second Java™ Bean located in a second container using a remote interface of the second Java™ Bean.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the received request comprises one of a request to setup a new account, a request to lookup an existing account, a request to modify an existing account, or a request to link several separate accounts that belong to a common individual.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program that is executable a computer, the computer program comprising:

code to instantiate a Java™ Bean within a container;

code to instantiate a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server within the container;

code, responsive to servicing a received request for data from a client workstation, to locally call the Java™ Bean from the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server using a local interface of the Java™ Bean to provide the data requested;

code to instantiate a Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object within the container to service the received request, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object is configured to access the Java™ Bean using the local interface of the Java™ Bean; and

code to provide the data returned from the Java™ Bean to the client workstation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the container comprise a Java™ Bean container.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the computer program further comprising:

code to instantiate all Common Object Request Broker Architecture server components within the container.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is instantiated as the Java™ Bean.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the computer program further comprising code to instantiate a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component within the container,

wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component is selected from a group consisting of: a root portable object adapter; a child portable object adapter; a portable object adapter manager; a servant manager; a portable object adapter policy; a transient object; a persistent object; a session object; an entity object; a factory object; a servant activator; and a servant locator object.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the received request comprises one of a request to setup a new account, a request to lookup an existing account, a request to modify an existing account, or a request to link several separate accounts that belong to a common individual.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2012
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 029157/0389 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2012
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 029157/0686 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2012
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 029157/0691 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2012
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 029157/0696 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2012
From: BLACK, LARRY A.; PIERCE, RONALD O.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028829/0024 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 12504020 · Jul 16, 2009
Continuation 10341613 · Jan 14, 2003
Provisional Application 60405598 · Aug 23, 2002
Related Publication 20120317193A1 · Dec 13, 2012