Transaction processing
First Claim
1. An integration hub for transaction processing, the hub comprising:
- a client interface for receiving and automatically validating uploads from client systems of data for offering purchase or sale of goods;
a web server for hosting a plurality of web sites, each associated with a client system, and for updating each web site with data which originates from an associated client system upload;
an access controller in the client interface for limiting access by each client system to only the associated web site;
a broadcast controller for transmitting a notification message to a plurality of external systems in response to receiving an upload from a client system; and
a transaction processor for processing purchase or sale of products in response to access by external systems to the web sites hosted by the hub.
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Abstract
Transaction processing is performed by an integration hub (100) communicating with :a number of broker systems B1, B2 . . . Bn; and a number of manufacturer client systems (200). The hub (100) has a client-side interface with an access control mechanism for interfacing with client systems (200), and a broker-side interface with a different access control mechanism for interfacing with the broker systems. When an upload is received from a client for an offer for sale or purchase of goods a broadcast is performed in which a notification with a unique reply URL is sent to each of a selected group of external systems. Each response identifies a log-on page (400), however the full URL is different for each due to the extension query string (such as, “link=10”and “link=57”). A detector function (420) monitors the incoming strings and, using a database (421) determines automatically the identity of the party responding. Thus, the recipient of the notification message can simply click on the link in the message and is then immediately directed to the log-on page (400) and the hub (100) automatically detects their identity without need for them to input any identification data. The log-on page (400) routes the party to the page (410).
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16 Claims
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1. An integration hub for transaction processing, the hub comprising:
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a client interface for receiving and automatically validating uploads from client systems of data for offering purchase or sale of goods;
a web server for hosting a plurality of web sites, each associated with a client system, and for updating each web site with data which originates from an associated client system upload;
an access controller in the client interface for limiting access by each client system to only the associated web site;
a broadcast controller for transmitting a notification message to a plurality of external systems in response to receiving an upload from a client system; and
a transaction processor for processing purchase or sale of products in response to access by external systems to the web sites hosted by the hub. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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