Patent ID: 7325076

Claim:
A system for exchanging data between a user and a database, comprising: a user interface for interacting with the user, the user interface receiving input data from the user; a plurality of remote transaction systems, each remote transaction system associated with a health care trading partner, each remote transaction system independently managing a respective database, and each remote transaction system not directly connected to other remote transaction systems in the plurality; and a communication bridge in connection with the user interface and remote transaction systems, the communication bridge operable with disparate transaction systems in a manner using one query to support multiple transactions with different disparate transaction systems and including: a first interaction system using a first set of data formatted for communicating with the user interface and displaying a first form associated with a selected remote transaction system and a second form associated with a different remote transaction system; and a second interaction system for communicating with the selected remote transaction system using a second set of data formatted for communicating with the selected remote transaction system and its respective database, the communication bridge operating on the first and second sets of data and handling conversion between (a) the format of the first set of data communicating with the user interface and (b) the format of the second set of data communicating with the selected remote transaction system and its respective database.