Patent ID: 8555335

Claim:
One or more processor-accessible memories including processor-executable instructions, the processor-executable instructions comprising a data structure for a secure application instruction protocol, the data structure including: a first application-level request comprising application-specific instructions from a requestor and a requestor signature over the application-specific instructions from the requestor, wherein the application-specific instructions from the requestor do not specify a request handler, and wherein the requestor is an initial requestor and the request handler is an end point request handler and not an intermediary; and a second application-level request comprising application-specific instructions from an intermediary, an intermediary signature over at least the application-specific instructions from the intermediary, and delegation of rights information for the end point request handler, the delegation of rights information enabling the end point request handler to access data associated with the first application-level request or to further delegate rights to the data, wherein the application-specific instructions from the intermediary are dynamically-determined by the intermediary based at least in part on an analysis of the application-specific instructions from the requestor to determine where to forward the first application-level request and determine the end point request handler, wherein the first application-level request is nested within the second application-level request.