Secure transmission system and method
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting information from a user to a first network entity over a communications network, comprising the steps of:
- the user entering information into a browser executed at a user terminal;
the browser generating a first message comprising the information using a first communication protocol for dispatch over the network via a network port, the first message including an identifier of the first network entity;
receiving the first message at a client executed at the user terminal before the first message reaches the network port;
wrapping the first message in a second message of a second communication protocol used for transmitting messages between the client and a second network entity;
transmitting the second message to the second network entity over the communications network; and
unwrapping the first message from the second message at the second network entity, translating the identifier of the first network entity to a network address of the first network entity and transmitting the first message to the first network entity over the communications network.
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Abstract
A method is provided for transmitting information from a user to a first network entity over a communications network. The user enters information into a browser executed at a user terminal. The browser generates a first message comprising the information using a first communication protocol for dispatch over the network via a network port, the first message including an identifier of the first network entity. A client executed at the user terminal receives the first message before the first message reaches the network port. The first message is wrapped in a second message of a second communication protocol used for transmitting messages between the client and a second network entity. The second message is transmitted to the second network entity over the communications network. The first message is unwrapped from the second message at the second network entity, the identifier of the first network entity translated to a network address of the first network entity and the first message is transmitted to the first network entity over the communications network.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting information from a user to a first network entity over a communications network, comprising the steps of:
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the user entering information into a browser executed at a user terminal;
the browser generating a first message comprising the information using a first communication protocol for dispatch over the network via a network port, the first message including an identifier of the first network entity;
receiving the first message at a client executed at the user terminal before the first message reaches the network port;
wrapping the first message in a second message of a second communication protocol used for transmitting messages between the client and a second network entity;
transmitting the second message to the second network entity over the communications network; and
unwrapping the first message from the second message at the second network entity, translating the identifier of the first network entity to a network address of the first network entity and transmitting the first message to the first network entity over the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 34)
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15. A system for transmitting information from a user to a first network entity over a communications network, comprising:
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a browser executed at a user terminal, the browser comprising means for receiving information entered by the user, and means for generating a first message comprising the information using a first communication protocol for dispatch over the network via a network port, the first message including an identifier of the first network entity;
a client executed at the user terminal comprising means for receiving the first message at the client before the first message reaches the network port, means for wrapping the first message in a second message of a second communication protocol used for transmitting messages between the client and a second network entity, and means for transmitting the second message to the second network entity over the communications network; and
the second network entity comprising means for unwrapping the first message from the second message at the second network entity, means for translating the identifier of the first network entity to a network address of the first network entity, and means for transmitting the first message to the first network entity over the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A user terminal comprising:
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a browser executed at the user terminal, the browser comprising means for receiving information entered by a user, and means for generating a first message comprising the information using a first communication protocol for dispatch over a communications network via a network port, the first message including an identifier of a first network entity; and
a client executed at the user terminal comprising means for receiving the first message at the client before the first message reaches the network port, means for wrapping the first message in a second message of a second communication protocol used for transmitting messages between the client and a second network entity, and means for transmitting the second message to the second network entity over the communications network.
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33. A network entity comprising:
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means for unwrapping a first message of a first communication protocol from a second message of a second communication protocol transmitted by a client executed at a user terminal to the network entity over a communications network, the first message including an identifier of a further network entity;
means for translating the identifier of the further network entity to a network address of the further network entity; and
means for transmitting the first message to the further network entity over the communications network.
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