Patent ID: 8412581
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of establishing an interconnection between trading networks, the method comprising: receiving by a home operator computer system of a home trading network an access establishment request communicated from a home user subscribed to the home trading network and not subscribed to a foreign trading network, the access establishment request including a request to access a desired application associated with the foreign trading network, wherein the desired application is otherwise only accessible to subscribers of the foreign trading network, the foreign trading network coupled with the home trading network via a computer network; communicating by the home operator computer system the access establishment request to a foreign operator computer system of the foreign trading network; receiving by the home operator computer system an approval of the access establishment request communicated from the foreign operator computer system; communicating by the home operator computer system a home user profile comprising subscriber information to establish an application access on a home access establishment module and a foreign access establishment module on the foreign operator computer system, the application access allowing the home user to use the desired application without subscribing to the foreign trading network, the subscriber information including at least one application associated with the home user profile; and communicating by the home operator computer system a transaction communication to a translation module in the home operator computer system to determine whether to translate the transaction communication by comparing a transaction format of the transaction communication and a preferred data format for the desired application, the home operator computer system communicates the transaction communication to the desired application, wherein the transaction communication is related to a business transaction and the translation module determines problems associated with translating the transaction communication.