Value-added network switching and object routing
First Claim
1. A configurable value-added network switch for enabling real-time transactions on the World Wide Web, said configurable value added network switch comprising:
- means for switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification from a network application;
means for transmitting a transaction request from said transactional application; and
means for processing said transaction request.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing real-time, two-way transactional capabilities on the network. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a configurable value-added network switch for enabling real-time transactions on the network. The configurable value added network switch comprises means for switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification from a network application, means for transmitting a transaction request from the transactional application, and means for processing the transaction request. Additionally, a method for enabling object routing is disclosed, comprising the steps of creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes associating each of the information entries and the attributes with an object identity, and assigning a unique network address to each of the object identities. Finally, a method is disclosed for enabling service management of the value-added network service, to perform OAM&P functions on the services network.
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54 Claims
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1. A configurable value-added network switch for enabling real-time transactions on the World Wide Web, said configurable value added network switch comprising:
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means for switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification from a network application;
means for transmitting a transaction request from said transactional application; and
means for processing said transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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6. A method for configuring a value-added network switch on the network, said method for configuring said value-added network switch comprising the steps of:
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switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification from a network application;
transmitting a transaction request from said transactional application; and
processing said transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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11. A configurable value-added network system for enabling real-time transactions on the network, said configurable value-added network system comprising:
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means for switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification from a user application;
means for activating an agent to create a transaction link between said user application and said transactional application;
means for transmitting a transaction request from said transactional application; and
a host for processing said transaction request and retrieving data corresponding to said transaction request.
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12. A method for enabling object routing on the network, said method for enabling object routing comprising the steps of:
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creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes; and
associating each of said information entries and said attributes with an object identity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An object router on the network, said object router comprising:
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means for creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes; and
means for associating each of said information entries and said attributes with an object identity. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An object router including a Distributed Online Service Information Base (DOLSIB) on a network, said object router DOLSIB comprising:
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means for creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes;
means for associating each of said information entries and said attributes with an object identity;
means for describing events and actions of an object identified by said object identity using a DOLSIB language construct; and
means for interpreting said DOLSIB language construct describing said events and actions of an object. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification from a user application;
activating an agent to create a transaction link between said user application and said transactional application;
transmitting a transaction request from said transactional application; and
processing said transaction request and retrieving data corresponding to said transaction request.
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35. A method comprising:
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creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes;
associating each of said information entries and said attributes with an object identity;
describing events and actions of an object identified by said object identity using a DOLSIB language construct; and
interpreting said DOLSIB language construct describing said events and actions of an object. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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