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.
Claims7
A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for facilitating communication, comprising:
- at least one directory containing policy data for a plurality of entities stored therein;
- computer code for controlling at least one computer device and operable to receive a message;
- wherein the computer program product is operable such that each of the plurality of entities contains policy data corresponding thereto for governing interaction with at least one of the entities utilizing an interoperability network;
- wherein the computer program product is operable such that at least one of policy data of a first one of the entities and policy data of a second one of the entities is used for authorization;
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- computer code for merging the policy data of the first entity and the policy data of the second entity to produce a combined policy that is honored by both of the first entity and the second entity.
A system for facilitating communication, comprising:
- at least one directory containing policy data for a plurality of entities stored therein;
- a processor for:
- controlling at least one computer device and operable to receive a message, wherein the system is operable such that each of the plurality of entities contains policy data corresponding thereto for governing interaction with at least one of the entities utilizing an interoperability network, and wherein the system is operable such that at least one of policy data of a first one of the entities and policy data of a second one of the entities is used for authorization;
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- merging the policy data of the first entity and the policy data of the second entity to produce a combined policy that is honored by both of the first entity and the second entity.
A method for facilitating communication, comprising:
- accessing at least one directory containing policy data for a plurality of entities stored therein;
- controlling at least one computer device to receive a message, utilizing a processor, wherein each of the plurality of entities contains policy data corresponding thereto for governing interaction with at least one of the entities utilizing an interoperability network, wherein at least one of policy data of a first one of the entities and policy data of a second one of the entities is used for authorization;
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- merging the policy data of the first entity and the policy data of the second entity to produce a combined policy that is honored by both of the first entity and the second entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.