Electronic commerce community networks and intra/inter community secure routing implementation
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1. A method of computing a route to send an electronic commerce document from a source to a destination in different communities, including:
- mapping the source and destination to connectors within respective communities;
identifying one or more shared community networks in which the respective communities are registered and linking between similar external ports of the respective communities when the similar external ports use the same transport/envelope protocol;
computing intra-community routes within the respective communities from the source and destination connectors to respective external ports; and
specifying a route of intra-community connectors and external ports spanning from the source to the destination.
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Abstract
The present invention includes devices and methods to establish networks of communities, route documents among communities having dissimilar interfaces and do so in a trusted and trustworthy manner. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
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1. A method of computing a route to send an electronic commerce document from a source to a destination in different communities, including:
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mapping the source and destination to connectors within respective communities; identifying one or more shared community networks in which the respective communities are registered and linking between similar external ports of the respective communities when the similar external ports use the same transport/envelope protocol; computing intra-community routes within the respective communities from the source and destination connectors to respective external ports; and specifying a route of intra-community connectors and external ports spanning from the source to the destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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