Interaction with electronic services and markets
First Claim
1. Apparatus for enabling one or more clients to interact with an electronic service or market, the apparatus comprising a computing platform including a first logically protected computing environment within which said electronic service or market is run, and one or more second logically protected computing environment, within which or each of which is provided agent means for interacting with said electronic service or market on behalf of a respective client.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for providing a secure environment enabling remote agents to interact with an electronic service are described. The electronic service runs in a first physically and logically protected computing environment. Each agent, acting on behalf of a respective client, runs in a separate physically and logically protected computing environment or compartment.
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13 Claims
- 1. Apparatus for enabling one or more clients to interact with an electronic service or market, the apparatus comprising a computing platform including a first logically protected computing environment within which said electronic service or market is run, and one or more second logically protected computing environment, within which or each of which is provided agent means for interacting with said electronic service or market on behalf of a respective client.
- 4. A method of enabling one or more clients to interact with an electronic service or market, the method comprising the steps of providing a computing platform including a first logically protected computing environment and one or more second logically protected computing environments, running said electronic service or market in said first logically protected computing environment, and running within the or each second logically protected computing environment, agent means for interacting with said electronic service or market on behalf of a respective client.
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7. A computing platform programmed to support an electronic service, comprising:
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a first logically protected computing environment within which the electronic service runs; and
two or more second logically protected computing environments each adapted to contain user agents;
wherein the computing platform provides communication paths between the first logically protected computing environment and each of the two or more second logically protected computing environments, but does not provide communication paths between the two or more second logically protected computing environments. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A data carrier carrying a code structure to act as a user agent interacting with an electronic service running in a first logically protected computing environment of a computing platform, wherein the code structure is adapted to be installed on a second logically protected computing environment of the computing platform:
- the code structure being adapted to communicate with a user to receive instructions and to provide information about the electronic service, being adapted to communicate with the electronic service in the first logically protected computing environment to interact with the electronic service on behalf of the user.
- View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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