IBM Patent for System and Method of Sensing and Responding to Service Discoveries

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International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) has been issued patent number 8990244 for a system and method of sensing and responding to service discoveries. The patent, filed on September 18, 2013, and published online on March 24, 2015, was invented by Bao, Zhendong (Marietta, GA) and Shaouy, William P. (Atlanta, GA). This innovative technology enables companies to discover and integrate services across the internet, streamlining online transactions and making systems interoperable for e-commerce.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent describes a method for receiving a keyword from a local machine, locating a service associated with the keyword, and notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword.
  • The system comprises a server with a database containing data associated with one or more services offered by one or more service groups.
  • The computer program product includes at least one component to perform the steps of the invention, enabling companies to discover and provide consumer services in a computing environment.
  • The patent provides a system for deploying an application for discovering and providing consumer services in a computing environment, using a computer infrastructure to match a keyword with a keyword list maintained by an extension to a UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration).
  • The UDDI registry service manages information about service providers, service implementations, and service metadata, allowing companies to find one another on the web and make their systems interoperable for e-commerce.
  • The patent highlights the importance of registries in facilitating e-commerce, citing IBM's registry as an example of a server that is interoperable with servers from other members.
  • The inventors' summary information for this patent describes the method in three aspects: receiving a keyword, searching for keywords on a local machine, and deploying an application for discovering and providing consumer services.

Statistics:

  • Patent number 8990244, filed on September 18, 2013, and published online on March 24, 2015.
  • The patent was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • The inventors, Bao, Zhendong and Shaouy, William P., are associated with IBM, a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
  • The patent has 7 aspects, including receiving a keyword, searching for keywords on a local machine, and deploying an application for discovering and providing consumer services.
  • The computer infrastructure matches a keyword with a keyword list maintained by an extension to a UDDI.
  • The system comprises a server with a database containing data associated with one or more services offered by one or more service groups.

Sources:

  • Bao, Zhendong; Shaouy, William P.. System and Method of Sensing and Responding to Service Discoveries. U.S. Patent Number 8990244, filed September 18, 2013, and published online on March 24, 2015. Patent URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8990244.PN.&OS=PN/8990244RS=PN/8990244
  • VerticalNews reporters. "IBM Issues Patent for System and Method of Sensing and Responding to Service Discoveries - ResearchAndMarkets.com." March 24, 2015.