Patent ID: 7908398

Claim:
A computer memory storing transformation and exchange gateway software for execution by a computer, the software comprising: a mapper to map connection data path instructions; a plurality of inbound templates each to provide inbound data processing instructions for an inbound data set having one of a plurality of inbound data interchange protocols, each of the plurality of inbound templates defining an input positioned in communication with at least one server to selectively define a respective one of the inbound data interchange protocols prior to receiving the inbound data; at least one outbound template to provide outbound data processing instructions for an outbound data set having one of a plurality of outbound data interchange protocols different from the inbound data interchange protocols, the at least one outbound template defining an output positioned in communication with at least one remote terminal to selectively define a respective one of the output data interchange protocols prior to sending the outbound data; and a data transformation and exchange engine in communication with the mapper to locate a data path and determine a select one of the plurality of inbound templates to use for inbound data processing instructions, in communication with the select one of the plurality of inbound templates to process the inbound data set responsive to the inbound data processing instructions of the select one of the plurality of inbound templates and thereby transform the inbound data set to the outbound data set, and in communication with the at least one outbound template to send the outbound data set with the one of the plurality of outbound data interchange protocols responsive to the outbound data processing instructions of the at least one outbound template.