Patent ID: 7836027

Claim:
A list-specifying terminal, comprising processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the list-specifying terminal to perform: providing, responsive to a request for a subset of a list based on at least one criteria identifying the subset of the list from a first list industry entity in a list rental industry supply chain, a native format order for the subset of the list; providing, responsive to the native format order, an extensible markup language order for the subset of the list indicating the subset of the list using an extensible markup language and at least one tag value in the extensible markup language corresponding to the at least one criteria based on a select filter; encapsulating, responsive to the extensible markup language order, the extensible markup language order in a message having a header indicating a destination and indicating that the message includes the extensible markup language order, and communicating the message to a second list industry entity in the list rental industry supply chain over a communication channel, wherein the extensible markup language order is configured for receipt by receiving and de-translating means for receiving the extensible markup language order, and for translating the extensible markup language order into the native format; and wherein the message is configured for receipt by checking means for validating or not validating the extensible markup language order based on a predetermined extensible markup language schema description, and for providing the message encapsulating the validated or non-validated extensible markup language order, wherein the header in the message further indicates that the message includes the validated or non-validated extensible markup language order; and wherein the message encapsulating the validated or non-validated extensible markup language order is routed to the list-specifying terminal if the extensible markup language order is not validated, and routed to a next list industry entity of the list rental industry supply chain if the extensible markup language order is validated.