Claims
- 1. A real-time method for exchanging information between a first computing platform and a second computing platform, said method comprising:
on said first platform, originating a request for information located on said second platform; translating said request into a predetermined format; transmitting the translated request to said second platform; and translating the translated request from the predetermined format into a format readable by said second platform.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined format is eXtensible Markup Language (“XML”).
- 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
accessing the requested information on the second platform; translating the requested information into the predetermined format; and transmitting the requested information to the first platform in said predetermined format.
- 4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
translating the requested information from the predetermined format to a format readable on the first platform; and using the requested information on the first platform.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said transmitting step uses an HTTP.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein said HTTP transmission is secure.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein said request includes authentication information for access to information on said second platform.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein said authentication information comprises a user identification and a password.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein said request includes information for locating the requested information on said second platform.
- 10. A system for sharing data comprising:
a first computing platform; a second computing platform; an interoperability component coupled to both said first computing platform and said second computing platform.
- 11. The system of claim 10 wherein said interoperability component is configured to translate data to a format readable by both said first computing platform and said second computing platform.
- 12. The system of claim 11 wherein said interoperability component is further configured to transmit data between said first computing platform and said second computing platform.
- 13. The system of claim 11 wherein said interoperability component is configured to translate data to an extensible Markup Language (“XML”) format.
- 14. A method of translating data into an XML format comprising:
receiving a request for information; parsing said request into one or more different fields of information; and creating an XML format of the request by delimiting each of said fields with an identifying tag or pair of tags.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent application serial No. 60/280,806, filed Apr. 2, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60280806 |
Apr 2001 |
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