Patent ID: 8364837
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a virtual Web service, the method comprising: providing a Web service gatekeeper, the gatekeeper comprising an access point to a plurality of private internal enterprise environments that provide web services; and receiving at the gatekeeper a request for access to one of the plurality of private internal enterprise environments based on a selection by a user of a web service from a plurality of web services, the web service being operated by the one of the plurality of private internal enterprise environments from the plurality of private internal enterprise environments provided by the gatekeeper, the receiving further comprising: receiving per-fee payment based on the web services provided from the private internal enterprise environment via the managing, wherein the Web service gatekeeper further comprises a management and provisioning layer, the layer configured to establish and confirm terms and contracts with an application of the plurality of private internal enterprise environments; and wherein the web service that is selected is purchased via the gatekeeper with only proxied contact to the one of the plurality of private internal enterprise environments.