Network Node And Method For Providing Internet Services On Internet Markplaces
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Abstract
An exemplary network node provides at least one Internet service that is executed in at least one provider server of a service provider for users of an Internet marketplace. The exemplary node comprises at least one outer connector for receiving a service request whose generation can be initiated in a user computer of an Internet marketplace user and for transmitting to the user computer a processing result ascertained in the provider server, the Internet service being requested on a website of the Internet marketplace that is provided by a marketplace server connected to the user computer, the outer connector being adapted to make a format change to the service request and to the processing result, as an adaptation to the Internet marketplace. The exemplary node further comprises a transformation unit connected to the outer connector, the transformation unit being adapted to ascertain at least one provider server for executing the Internet service on the basis of information contained in the service request and for addressing the service request to the ascertained provider server. The exemplary node additionally comprises an authentication and authorization unit that is adapted to verify the authorization of the marketplace user to access the Internet service, the verification of the authorization of the marketplace user to access an Internet service being carried out on the basis of a marketplace authorization profile associated with the Internet marketplace. Finally, the exemplary node comprises at least one inner connector connected to the transformation unit for transmitting the service request to the provider server and for receiving the processing result ascertained in the provider server from said provider server.
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54 Claims
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30. A network node for providing at least one Internet service that is executed in at least one provider server of a service provider for users of an Internet marketplace, comprising:
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at least one outer connector for receiving a service request whose generation can be initiated in a user computer of an Internet marketplace user and for transmitting to the user computer a processing result ascertained in the provider server, the Internet service being requested on a website of the Internet marketplace that is provided by a marketplace server connected to the user computer, the outer connector being adapted to make a format change to the service request and to the processing result, as an adaptation to the Internet marketplace; a transformation unit connected to the outer connector, the transformation unit being adapted to ascertain at least one provider server for executing the Internet service on the basis of information contained in the service request and for addressing the service request to the ascertained provider server; an authentication and authorization unit that is adapted to verify the authorization of the marketplace user to access the Internet service, the verification of the authorization of the marketplace user to access an Internet service being carried out on the basis of a marketplace authorization profile associated with the Internet marketplace; and at least one inner connector connected to the transformation unit for transmitting the service request to the provider server and for receiving the processing result ascertained in the provider server from said provider server. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for providing at least one Internet service that is executed in at least one provider server of a service provider for users of an Internet marketplace, comprising:
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receiving in an outer connector of a network node a service request initiated in a user computer, the Internet service being requested on a website of the Internet marketplace that is provided by a marketplace server connected to the user computer; making format changes to the service request in the outer connector; ascertaining a provider server on the basis of information contained in the service request; addressing the service request to the provider server; transmitting the service request to the provider server; verifying an authorization of the marketplace user to access an Internet service being carried out on the basis of a marketplace authorization profile associated with the Internet marketplace; ascertaining a processing result in the provider server and transmitting the processing result to the network node; receiving the processing result in the network node; and transmitting the processing result to the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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