Patent ID: 8447768
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented and residing within a computer-readable storage medium that is executed by one or more processors of a network to perform the method, comprising: receiving, on a server, a data request for a backend resource from a client, the data request in a first format and the backend resource recognizes and processes a second format; locating, on another server different from the server, a data provider to communicate with the backend resource, the data provider translates the first format to the second format using a backend Application Programming Interface (API) calls understood by the backend resource; using the data provider to process the data request in the second format; acquiring results from the data provider in the first format; providing the results to the client in the first format; parsing metadata from the results as auditing information and evaluating portions of the metadata based on a policy to take actions; and assisting in enforcing security, auditing, reporting, and logging based on the auditing information.