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Abstract

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamically providing web services in a distributed system. In one embodiment, a distribution server uses a generic interface to invoke any one of a plurality of web services based on a user request at a client system. The distribution server provides content information that a client system uses to display a customized web page for an authorized user. When the user selects content on a customized web page associated with a web service, the client's system sets data values in one or more hidden fields and provides the fields to the distribution server. The server passes the field information to the selected web service to produce result data. The distribution server may use the result data and collected format data to generate the content information that is used to generate the customized web page for the authorized user. Embodiments of the present invention enable the distributed system to modify a web service without having to reprogram any consumers of the modified web service. Further, the distribution server is configured such that it dynamically and automatically determines any web services that a user may access and provides access to the authorized web services through the generic interface.

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First Claim