Patent ID: 7275262

Claim:
A method for secure communication between first and second entities interconnected via an internet network, said entities being associated with respective first and second processing systems connected to said internet network, said first system operating in client mode and said second system operating in server mode, said method comprising: assigning respective permanent internet addresses to said first and second entities, making at least one application, located in said second system, accessible to said first entity, receiving an application request at the second system, selectively recognizing said application request as belonging to one of a first and a second application interface communication protocol, said first application interface communication protocol associated with a first server of the second system and said second application interface communication protocol associated with a second server of the second system, providing said application request recognized as belonging to the first application interface communication protocol to the first server of the second system, providing said application request recognized as belonging to the second application interface communication protocol to the second server of the second system, converting, using a web server application interface portion of the second server, said application request recognized as belonging to the second application interface communication protocol to the first application interface communication protocol, encrypting data exchanged between said first and second entities in conformity with a desired security protocol, wherein said first and second systems include including a communication protocol stack having at least one layer which allows for said encrypting step to be performed and said second entity hosting a WAP gateway utilizing the web server application interface said second system is being configured to communicate, via the web server application interface adapter, directly with a first type of WAP application and via a web container and at least one specific application program interface with a servlet WAP application, and performing a conversion to or from HTTP using a WAP gateway function included in the second system.