Patent ID: 8868706
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A gateway server configured to: receive information requests from a plurality of environment platform servers on an intranet and communicating with a plurality of vendor information servers via the Internet, a first of the environment platform servers being an operating environment server utilizing a customized protocol, and a second of the environment platform servers being a testing environment server utilizing the customized protocol, wherein the testing environment server is utilized for validation of a first single protocol conversion and a second single protocol conversion prior to the utilization by the operating environment server of the first single protocol conversion and the second single protocol conversion; generate an identification tag for each information request received from each of a testing server that supports the testing environment and an operating server that supports the operating environment; receive a response to one or more of such information requests from at least one vendor information server, of the plurality of vendor information servers, conforming to at least one distinct vendor protocol, said vendor protocol being different from a plurality of vendor protocols and that is different from the customized protocol; using the identification tag, associate the response received to the information request to which the response is responsive; conform the response to the development environment associated with the server associated with the identification tag; and transmit the conforming response to the server which originated the information request associated with the response received, wherein: the gateway server performs the first single conversion from the distinct vendor protocol to the customized protocol and the second single conversion from the customized protocol to the distinct vendor protocol wherein the servers of the intranet are not directly exposed to the servers of the Internet.