Patent ID: 7325027

Claim:
A system for data connectivity and integration, the system comprising: a first computer defining a first server, the first server having a first memory, a first data set stored therein, and a first data interchange protocol; a first area network in communication with the first server; a plurality of remote data terminals in communication with the first server through the first area network by the first data interchange protocol, at least one remote data terminal of the plurality of remote data terminals having data terminal memory associated therewith; a second area network in communication with the first server and the at least one remote data terminals; a second computer remote from the first server, in communication with the second area network, and defining a second server, the second server having a second memory, a second data set stored therein, and a second data interchange protocol; a third computer remote from the first server, in communication with the second area network, and defining a third server, the third server having memory, a third data set stored therein and a third data interchange protocol; and transformation and exchange gateway software stored in data terminal memory of one of the plurality of remote data terminals, having an output in communication with the first server through the first area network by the first data interchange protocol and having an input in communication with the second server through the second area network by the second data interchange protocol and in communication with the third server through the second area network by the third data interchange protocol, said transformation and exchange gateway software comprising a plurality of inbound templates defining the input positioned in communication with the second and third servers to selectively define the respective second and third data interchange protocols prior to receiving inbound data and at least one outbound template defining the output positioned in communication with the plurality of remote terminals to selectively define the first data interchange protocol prior to sending outbound data and wherein said second and third data sets are communicated to the first server in the first data interchange protocol.