Michael J Connor

US Patent:

7970862, Jun 28, 2011

Filed:

Dec 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/635460

Inventors:

Michael H. Connor - Austin TX, US
Eoin Lane - Littleton MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

Provided is a Web Services Response Template (WSRT) that addresses the problems of efficiency and robustness to change in Web Services response by allowing a requestor to explicitly specify, in a response template what information is to be returned by the request. A requestor of a web service gets just the information it needs; different requestors of the same operation may get different information; and a responder sends the requestor only what is asked for so there is no problem when new information becomes available. WSRTs are specifically designed to allow the type of control needed in program-to-program (P2P) communication, while being very efficiently and simply processed by a web service. Thus, WSRTs address difficulties that arise in typical distributed, P2P communication without adding much overhead or complexity to either a service requestor or a service provider. The efficiency and flexibility afforded by WSRTs is essential to emerging enterprise architectures based on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).

US Patent:

20210371266, Dec 2, 2021

Filed:

Jul 12, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/373152

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Michael Connor - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

B67D 1/08
G06K 7/10
G06Q 20/32
G06K 7/14
G06K 19/06
G06Q 50/12
G06F 3/0481
H04L 9/32
G06Q 30/06
G06F 3/0482
G06F 9/54
G06Q 30/00
G06Q 20/20
G06Q 20/18

Abstract:

A beverage order fulfillment system allows for beverage fulfillment from a mobile device without requiring a custom software application on the mobile device but uses a web connection to control beverage dispenser operations instead. The mobile device incorporates web browser software, and the web browser software is configured to initiate communication sessions with the at least one server. Data entry options are displayed on the interactive GUI for the first computer to communicate beverage selection commands to the beverage dispensing software, via the at least one server, in a respective instance of beverage fulfillment. The at least one server incorporates web socket application program interfaces (APIs) stored on the at least one server and configured to connect a communications link to the beverage dispenser and the web browser software on the first computer.