Patent ID: 7499920

Claim:
A system for implementing a web-based front-end user request, the method comprising: a server configured for receiving an XML list request object from a front-end device, and for receiving user characteristics associated with said XML list request object; said server further including processing means for: retrieving data corresponding to said XML list request object from a data storage medium; configuring said retrieved data in accordance with said user characteristics by implementing a sort routine on said retrieved data in accordance with a collation corresponding to said user characteristics, regardless of the locale of said data storage medium, wherein said implementing a sort routine further comprises: decomposing, in cache, said XML list request objects and repetitively creating a plurality of sort entry objects in said cache using a list of column values initially retrieved from said data storage medium and prepared for use in a set of sort entry objects in said cache, with each sort entry object including a row and one or more column values associated with the row; performing a sort operation on at least a first column of said list of column values in said sort entry object in said cache, wherein a compare function of said sort operation is dependent upon information obtained from said decomposing said XML list request object; and rebuilding said XML list request object in accordance with the completion of said sort operation; and returning configured data to said front-end device in accordance with said user characteristics.