Patent ID: 6377993
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A Web/Internet based reporting system for communicating data information from an enterprise intranet database to a client workstation via an integrated interface, said system comprising:client browser application located at said client workstation for enabling interactive Web based communications with said reporting system, said client workstation identified with a customer and providing said integrated interface; at least one secure server for managing client sessions over the Internet, said secure server supporting a first secure socket connection over a first firewall enabling encrypted communication between said client browser application and said secure server; report manager server for maintaining an inventory of reporting items associated with a customer and managing the reporting of customer-specific data information in accordance with a customer report request message, said report manager generating a response message including a metadata description of said reporting items included in a report request; dispatch server for communicating with said secure server through a second firewall over a second socket connection, said first secure and second socket connections forming a secure communications link, said dispatch server enabling forwarding of a report request message to said report manager server; and operational data storage device for receiving a metadata description of a requested report from said report manager server and retrieving said customer-specific data from said enterprise intranet database in accordance with said received metadata description; wherein said retrieved data and said metadata description of said reporting items are utilized to generate a completed report for presentation to said customer via said interface.