Patent ID: 8275985
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; memory and storage; and a federation participant in communication with other participants of a federation according to a federation protocol, the federation participant further comprising: a business logic, the business logic being one of a web service consumer (WSC) business logic or a web service provider (WSP) business logic, the business logic being a software component configured to execute within a container on a computer, the business logic being configured to generate an outgoing message for transmission to a fictitious recipient and receive an incoming message from a WSP if the business logic is a WSC business logic and a WSC if the business logic is a WSP business logic; a security provider, the security provider being configured to execute in the container with the business logic, the security provider receiving the generated messages and applying header information to the outgoing message according to the federation protocol and a list of permitted security mechanism types to form a modified outgoing message, the security provider then transmitting the modified outgoing message to a real recipient.