Patent ID: 6874025
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system comprising: a communication network; a client process hosted on a client device to receive user inputs from a user interface and to transmit the inputs through the communication network; a plurality of communication interfaces to receive inputs to an application process from a plurality of sources, a first communication interface being adapted for receiving inputs from the client process according to a first Internet compliant protocol and a second communication interface being adapted for receiving inputs according to a second Internet compliant protocol distinct from the first Internet compliant protocol; and a validation engine to define Internet protocol specific validation criteria for inputs to the application provided according to at least the first and second Internet compliant protocols, and to provide validation data representative of the validation criteria for inputs to the application provided according to the first Internet compliant protocol in response to a query from the first communication interface.