Patent ID: 7631179

Claim:
A system for securing network data, comprising: a network; first and second storage elements; a network server in communication with said first storage element via said network, wherein the network server is configured provide both a request and associated metadata to the first storage element via different protocols with the network server configured to provide the request via a protocol that more greatly limits access for unauthorized users than the protocol via which the network server provides the associated metadata; and a database server in communication with said first storage element and said second storage element, wherein the first storage element receives and stores the request from only said network server in a first predetermined location and data from only said database server in a second predetermined location, wherein only said network server is capable of accessing the data stored by said first storage element in the second predetermined location even though data is only stored in the second predetermined location by the database server, and wherein only said database server is capable of accessing the request stored by said first storage element in the first predetermined location even though data is only stored in the first predetermined location by the network server, such that said network server and said database server are capable of exchanging the request and responsive data via said first storage element without creating a concurrent operating session so as to avoid establishing any direct communication between said network server and said database server.