Common interface communicating with multiple back-end services via gateway application

A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying program code executable by a processor for providing a gateway application, the program code comprising:

• program code for providing, from a gateway application to a client, a graphical interface configured for providing access to functions of a first service and a second service, first service requiring a first authentication protocol for communication and the second service requiring a second authentication protocol for communication that is different from the first authentication protocol;
• program code for managing, by the gateway application, communications with the first service and the second service on behalf of the client, wherein the program code for managing the communications comprises:
• program code for receiving a first command and a second command via a data network, wherein the first command and the second command are generated by from interactions by the client with the graphical interface;
• program code for executing, responsive to the first command, a first function provided by the first service by signing a first service request according to the first authentication protocol required for communicating with the first service and transmitting the signed service request to the first service;
• and
• program code for executing, responsive to the second command, a second function provided by the second service by signing a second service request according to the second authentication protocol required for communicating with the second service and transmitting the signed service request to the second service;
• program code for generating, by the gateway application, an updated graphical interface based on responses to the first and second service requests received by the gateway application;
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• program code for providing the updated graphical interface to the client.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute a gateway application embodied in the non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein executing the gateway application configures the processor to perform operations comprising:
• providing a graphical interface configured for providing access to functions of a first service and a second service, the first service requiring a first authentication protocol for communication and the second service requiring a second authentication protocol for communication that is different from the first authentication protocol,
• managing communications with the first service and the second service on behalf of the client, wherein managing the communications comprises:
• receiving a first command and a second command via a data network, wherein the first command and the second command are generated from interactions by the client with the graphical interface,
• executing, responsive to the first command, a first function provided by the first service by signing a first service request according to the first authentication protocol required for communicating with the first service and transmitting the signed service request to the first service, and
• executing, responsive to the second command, a second function provided by the second service by signing a second service request according to the second authentication protocol required for communicating with the second service and transmitting the signed service request to the second service
• generating an updated graphical interface based on responses to the first and second service requests received by the gateway application, and
• providing the updated graphical interface to the client.