Patent ID: 6222536
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A relay server system, used in an on-line banking system, connected between a number of subscriber terminals and a plurality of bank systems, for providing banking services to the subscriber, comprising:subscriber coupling means, connected to the subscriber terminals, for performing a protocol conversion process:data storage means for storing process control information, history information, output screen data, and subscriber information;request processing means for analyzing an input request message to generate a corresponding handling process based on an analyzed request type and for providing format-converted response data to the subscriber coupling means based on output screen data stored in the data storage means; andsession managing means, in response to the input request message from the request processing means, for generating and format-converting an inquiry message based on the process control information to thereby provide the format-converted inquiry message to a corresponding one of the bank systems, and, in response to a response message from the corresponding bank system, for extracting and format-converting a response data to provide the format-converted response data to the request processing means;wherein the session managing means comprises:databasee access means for accessing data stored in the data storage means,temporal data storage means for temporarily storing data until a session or a banking service is terminated,bank system connection means for coupling the session managing means to the bank systems,inquiry message generation means for generating and format-converting an inquire message based on the request message and the process control information to thereby provide the format-converted inquiry message to the bank system connection means and to store field data thereof designated as save on the handling control information to the temporal data storage means,inquiry data format conversion means for format converting the inquiry message based on format conversion rules for each field of the inquiry message to thereby provide the format-converted inquiry message to the inquiry message generation means, wherein the format conversion rules are contained in the process control information,a data transceiver for exchanging data with the session managing means,response message analyzing means for analyzing a response message inputted from the bank system connection means to provide field data of the response data designated as save on the handling control information to the temporal data storage means and for receiving a format-converted response message to relay the format-converted response message to the data transceiver means, andresponse data format conversion means for format converting the response message based on format conversion rules for each field of the response message to thereby provide the format-converted inquiry message to the response message analyzing means, wherein the format conversion rules are contained in the process control information.