Peter A Nicholson

US Patent:

8032894, Oct 4, 2011

Filed:

Dec 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/966736

Inventors:

Bruce Ian Lazaroff - Manchester CT, US
Youyi Mao - Hamden CT, US
Sean James Hickman - East Hartford CT, US
Peter Robert Nicholson - Langhorne PA, US

Assignee:

Aetna Inc. - Hartford CT

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

719313

Abstract:

In embodiments, an implementation of a service oriented architecture is provided including an application service bus capable of approximating point-to-point performance by reducing the format transformation of application messages by way of relaying them in a native format when the message format of a consumer application and/or service provider application is supported by the service bus. Preferably, the service bus is capable of supporting multiple message formats and transport protocols and comprises a plurality of components including a Service Initiator module, a Service Terminus module, a Service Locator module, and a Transport module. The service bus provides logical isolation between a consumer application and a provider application by exposing a set of interfaces for relaying service request and service response messages between the applications.