Collaboration apparatus between information processing systems, integrated information processing system, and recording medium storing a collaboration program between information processing systems

Abstract

The present invention relates to a collaboration apparatus between information processing systems for allowing a plurality of information processing systems to collaborate with each other without awareness of the difference in architecture, and an integrated information processing system in which a plurality of information processing systems are combined by using such a collaboration apparatus between information processing systems. In the case of allowing an SFA system ( 30 ) to collaborate with an ERP system ( 10 ) in the integrated information processing system including a plurality of information systems, an intersystem collaboration object ( 40 ) of the collaboration apparatus between information processing systems generates an active role ( 51 ) corresponding to a system of a collaboration origin and a passive rule ( 52 ) corresponding to a system of a collaboration target, generates a relating object ( 53 ) between these roles in accordance with collaboration information defining a communication method between information systems, and transmits a transaction between the active role ( 51 ) and the passive role ( 52 ).

1 . A collaboration apparatus between information processing systems for allowing a plurality of information processing means including information processing means based on different architectures to collaborate with each other, the apparatus being implemented as an object to be operated singly, and comprising: 
 collaboration information storage means for storing information on a communication method between the information processing means as collaboration information among the plurality of information processing means;    role object generating means for generating a role object as an active role with respect to one of two information processing means to be collaborated, and a role object as a passive role with respect to the other; and    relating object generating means for referring to the collaboration information of the collaboration information storage means and generating a relating object that allows transaction communication to be performed in accordance with a communication method between the two information processing means to be collaborated, thereby allowing a collaboration between the role object as the active role and the role object as the passive role.    
   
   
       2 . A collaboration apparatus between information processing systems according to  claim 1 , wherein the communication method is selected from a plurality of kinds of communication methods including real communication, delayed batch communication, and batch communication.  
   
   
       3 . An integrated information processing system including a plurality of information processing means, the plurality of information processing means including information processing means based on different architectures, the system comprising: 
 collaboration information storage means for storing information on a communication method between the information processing means as collaboration information among the plurality of information processing means; and    a collaboration apparatus between information processing systems for referring to the collaboration information of the collaboration information storage means and allowing the information processing means to collaborate with each other,    the apparatus being implemented as an object to be operated singly, and comprising:    role object generating means for generating a role object as an active role with respect to one of two information processing means to be collaborated, and a role object as a passive role with respect to the other; and    relating object generating means for referring to the collaboration information of the collaboration information storage means and generates a relating object that allows transaction communication to be performed in accordance with a communication method between the two information processing means to be collaborated, thereby allowing a collaboration between the role object as the active role and the role object as the passive role.    
   
   
       4 . A computer-readable recording medium storing a collaboration program between information processing systems that allows a computer to execute, as an object to be operated singly, processing of allowing a plurality of information processing means including information processing means based on different architectures to collaborate with each other, the program allowing a computer to execute: 
 processing of generating a role object as an active role with respect to one of two information processing means to be collaborated, and generating a role object as a passive role with respect to the other; and    processing of referring to collaboration information including information on a communication method between the information processing means and generating a relating object that allows transaction communication to be performed in accordance with the communication method between the two information processing means to be collaborated.    
   
   
       5 . A method of collaborating a plurality of information processors based on different architectures, the method being carried out by an object to be operated singly, and comprising: 
 storing information on a communication method between the information processors as collaboration information among the plurality of information processors;    generating a role object as an active role with respect to one of the two information processors to be collaborated, and a role object as a passive role with respect to the other; and    referring to the stored collaboration information and generating a relating object that allows transaction communication to be performed in accordance with the communication method between the two information processing means to be collaborated, thereby allowing a collaboration between the role object as the active role and the role object as the passive role.    
   
   
       6 . The method of collaborating according to  claim 5 , wherein the communication method is selected from a plurality of kinds of communication methods including real communication, delayed batch communication, and batch communication.  
   
   
       7 . A computer-readable storage storing a program for controlling a computer to execute, as an object to be operated singly, collaborating a plurality of information processors based on different architectures, by: 
 storing information on a communication method between the information processors as collaboration information among the plurality of information processors;    generating a role object as an active role with respect to one of the two information processors to be collaborated, and a role object as a passive role with respect to the other; and    referring to the stored collaboration information and generating a relating object that allows transaction communication to be performed in accordance with the communication method between the two information processing means to be collaborated, thereby allowing a collaboration between the role object as the active role and the role object as the passive role.    
   
   
       8 . The computer-readable storage according to  claim 7 , wherein the communication method is selected from a plurality of kinds of communication methods including real communication, delayed batch communication, and batch communication.  
   
   
       9 . A collaboration apparatus between information processing systems for allowing a plurality of information processing means including information processing means based on different architectures to collaborate with each other, the apparatus being implemented as an object to be operated singly, and comprising: 
 role object generating means for generating a role object as an active role with respect to one of two information processing means to be collaborated, and a role object as a passive role with respect to the other; and    relating object generating means for referring to collaboration information and generating a relating object that allows transaction communication to be performed in accordance with a communication method between the two information processing means to be collaborated.