Patent ID: 7424522

Claim:
A method of processing data received by a server from a submission interface, the processing data originating at a client computing entity within a network, the data including at least an identifier of the submission interface, an identifier of the client computing entity, a client identifier and client selection data, the method being performed at the server and comprising the steps of: generating an identifier for a session record of state for the transaction session instigated by the client computer entity, mapping the session record identifier to the client identifier; selecting, on the basis of the interface identifier, a set of rules for transforming the client selection data to a format which is independent of the nature of the client computing entity, and implementing the selected rules so the client selection data are transformed to the format which is independent of the nature of the client computing entity; and incorporating the transformed client selection data within the session record to which the transformed client selection data relate using at least one of the client identifier and the session record identifier so the transformed client data are correlated with the session record.