Method, system, and computer program product for facilitating communication in an interoperability network
Assigneesalesforce.com, inc.
InventorsAlexander Lerner, Michael K. Dewey
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data.
Claims18
A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method, the method comprising:
- storing policy data for a plurality of entities;
- handling a message in a network with reference to first policy data corresponding to a first one of the entities to which the message relates;
- combining the first policy data with second policy data corresponding to a second one of the entities to which the message relates thereby resulting in combined policy data;
- and
- handling the message in the network with reference to the combined policy data.
A method, comprising:
- storing policy data for a plurality of entities;
- handling a message in a network with reference to first policy data corresponding to a first one of the entities to which the message relates;
- combining the first policy data with second policy data corresponding to a second one of the entities to which the message relates thereby resulting in combined policy data, utilizing a processor;
- and
- handling the message in the network with reference to the combined policy data.
An interoperability network, comprising:
- at least one data store having policy data for entities stored therein;
- and
- at least one computing device for:
- handling a message in a network with reference to first policy data corresponding to a first one of the entities to which the message relates;
- combining the first policy data with second policy data corresponding to a second one of the entities to which the message relates thereby resulting in combined policy data;
- and
- handling the message in the network with reference to the combined policy data.
A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method, the method comprising:
- storing policy data for a plurality of entities;
- handling at least one of a plurality of messages in a network with reference to first policy data corresponding to a first one of the entities to which at least one message relates;
- and
- handling at least one of the plurality of messages in the network with reference to a combination of the first policy data and second policy data corresponding to a second one of the entities to which the message relates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.