US Patent 7865606 Adapter framework

Patent 7865606 was granted and assigned to SAP on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

SAP

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78656060

Patent Inventor Names

Martin Tewes0

Joachim Fitzer0

Date of Patent

January 4, 2011

Patent Application Number

106770950

Date Filed

September 30, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Barbara N Burgess

Patent abstract

A framework for communicating between central message exchange server and one or more heterogeneous external data sources includes an adapter engine. The adapter engine includes an instantiation of one or more adapters. Each adapter is configured to connect, via messaging, an external data source operating using a native message format and the central message exchange server using an extensible markup language (XML) messaging format.