Patent ID: 6748417
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
In a network having a service provider configuration and a plurality of client computer systems, the server provider including a primary logic component that manages access to current data, the service provider also including at least one client interactive logic component that interacts with at least one of the client computer systems, a method of the client interactive logic component interfacing with the client computer system and with the primary logic component in a manner that allows the primary logic component to be autonomous from the client interactive device thereby allowing for more flexible connection options between the client interactive device and the primary logic component, the method comprising the following:a specific act of maintaining reference data that is based on the current data as the current data existed at a previous instant in time; a specific act of receiving at least one message from the client computer system, the at least one message including a client request for a service offered by the service provider; a specific act of extracting single user writable data from the at least one message received from the client computer system; a specific act of formulating a formal request for the service using the reference data and the single user writable data, the formal request being according to a format recognized by the primary logic component; and a specific act of submitting the formal request to the primary logic component for validation of the accuracy of the information within the formal request, the primary logic component not trusting the accuracy of the information within the formal request provided by the client interactive logic component.