Patent ID: 6332195
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A secure commerce server system, comprising:a plurality of regions or burbs, including an internal burb and an external burb, wherein processes bound to one burb cannot communicate directly to processes and data objects bound to other burbs, and wherein the internal burb includes a first protocol stack and the external burb includes a second protocol stack separate from the first protocol stack;a commerce server, wherein processes and data objects associated with the commerce server are bound to the external burb;an administration server, wherein processes and data objects associated with the administration server are bound to the internal burb; andan assured pipeline connected between the external and internal burbs, wherein the assured pipeline controls transfer of information between the internal and external burbs such that a message from the commerce server to the administration server is routed up one or more layers of the second protocol stack and through the assured pipeline to the first protocol stack before being routed to the administration server.