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US 7,606,264 B2Granted
Method and arrangement for providing services between data processing devices
AssigneeFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH
InventorsClemens Heinrich, Henrik Koschitzki, Steffen Wittich
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Abstract
In a method and arrangement for providing services, a first data processing device provides a service for a remote second data processing device, the first service being implemented according to a service configuration and the first service configuration is modularly composed of a plurality of components, with at least one of the components of the service configuration being modifiable to update the service.
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A method for providing services in an electronic data processing system, comprising the steps of:
- in an electronic memory, storing a plurality of individual service components that respectively define separate functional parts of at least one service to be provided by a first data processing device to a second data processing device, at least one of said service components stored in said memory requiring updating of the functional part thereof;
- in response to an input received by said first data processing device, formulating, in said first data processing device, a service configuration for the service to be provided to the second data processing device by accessing said memory from said first data processing device and selecting at least one of said service components stored therein to generate said service with a service configuration defined by the functional part of the at least one service component selected from said memory;
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- in said first data processing device, when said one of said service components requiring updating is selected as said at least one service component in said service configuration, automatically modifying that service component to update the functional part thereof for inclusion in the service configuration of the service provided from the first data processing device to the second data processing device.
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A method for implementing a service to support data processing, comprising the steps of:
- In an electronic memory, storing a plurality of individual service components that respectively define separate functional parts of at least one service to be provided by a first data processing device to a second data processing device that is remote from said first data processing device, at least one of said service components stored in said memory requiring updating of the functional part thereof;
- in an initialization step in said first data processing device, establishing a communication between the first data processing device and the second data processing device remote therefrom;
- in a providing step in the first data processing device, formulating a service configuration for the service to be provided to the second data processing device by accessing said memory from said first data processing device and selecting at least one of said service components stored therein to generate said service with a service configuration defined by the functional part of the at least one service component selected from said memory, and when said one of said service components requiring updating is selected as said at least one service component in said service configuration, automatically modifying that service component to update the functional part thereof for inclusion in the service configuration of the service provided from the first data processing device to the second data processing device;
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- in an implementation step involving communication between said first data processing and said second data processing device, transmitting said service with said service configuration from said first data processing device to said second data processing device.
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An arrangement for providing services in an electronic data processing system, comprising:
- a first data processing device;
- a second data processing device;
- an electronic memory in which a plurality of individual service components are stored that respectively define separate functional parts of at least one service to be provided by the first data processing device to the second data processing device, at least one of said service components stored in said memory requiring updating of the functional part thereof;
- said first data processing device in response to an input thereto said data processing device being configured, formulate a service configuration for the service to be provided to the second data processing device by accessing said memory and selecting at least one of said service components stored therein to generate said service with a service configuration defined by the functional part of the at least one service component selected from said memory;
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- said first data processing device being configured, when said one of said service components requiring updating is selected as said at least one service component in said service configuration, to automatically modify that service component to update the functional part thereof for inclusion in the service configuration of the service provided from the first data processing device to the second data processing device.
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An arrangement for implementing a service to support data processing, comprising:
- a first data processing device;
- a second data processing device that is remote from said first data processing device;
- an electronic memory in which a plurality of individual service components are stored that respectively define separate functional parts of at least one service to be provided by the first data processing device to the second data processing device, at least one of said service components stored in said memory requiring updating of the functional part thereof;
- said first data processing device being configured to establish, in an initialization step a communication between the first data processing device and the second data processing device remote therefrom;
- said first data processing device being configured to formulate, in a providing step, a service configuration for the service to be provided to the second data processing device by accessing said memory from said first data processing device and selecting at least one of said service components stored therein to generate said service with a service configuration defined by the functional part of the at least one service component selected from said memory, and when said one of said service components requiring updating is selected as said at least one service component in said service configuration, automatically modifying that service component to update the functional part thereof for inclusion in the service configuration of the service provided from the first data processing device to the second data processing device;
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- said first data processing device being configured to transmit, in an implementation step involving communication between said first data processing and said second data processing device, said service with said service configuration from said first data processing device to said second data processing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.