公开(公告)号：SG45154A1

公开(公告)日：1998-01-16

申请号：SG1996000721

申请日：1991-07-17

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CALVERT NATHANIEL ,  KOEHLER JOHN LOUIS ,  LINDBERG ERIK DUANE ,  MCKELVEY MARK AMBROSE ,  MERVOSH STEVEN PAUL ,  NEWTON JEFFREY ALAN ,  SCARBOROUGH GEORGE BARRY ,  UPCHURCH RUTH ANN ,  WESTLING SANDRA DOROTHY

IPC: G06F11/22 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F11/273 ,  G06F11/32 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04L29/00

Abstract: A service network has several computer systems connected together. A computer system can either be a "Service Requestor" (SR) (110), a "Service Provider" (SP) (150), or a hybrid of the two, a "Service Provider/Requestor" (SP/R) (140). The service network is built by an enrollment process that adds computer systems into the service network. A SP (or SP/R acting as an SP) already in the network can initiate the enrollment of an SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) into the network. In addition, a SR (or SP/R acting as an SR) can initiate a request for enrollment into the network. If such a request is initiated, it must be approved automatically or with human intervention.