Web application network portal
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1. A system, comprising:
- a Web server, including a processor and a memory, for offering one or more Web applications as respective point-of-service applications in a point-of-service application list on a Web page;
each Web application of the one or more Web applications for requesting a real-time Web transaction;
a value-added network (VAN) switch running on top of a facilities network selected from a group consisting of the World Wide Web, the Internet and an e-mail network, the VAN switch for enabling the real-time Web transactions from the one or more Web applications;
a service network running on top of the facilities network for connecting through the Web server to a back-end transactional application; and
a computer system executing the Back-end transactional application for processing the transaction request in real-time.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing real-time, two-way transactional capabilities on the Web. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for enabling object routing, the method comprising the steps of creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes associating each of the information entries and the attributes with an object identity, and assigning a unique network address to each of the object identities. A method is also disclosed for enabling service management of the value-added network service, to perform OAM&P functions on the services network.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a Web server, including a processor and a memory, for offering one or more Web applications as respective point-of-service applications in a point-of-service application list on a Web page; each Web application of the one or more Web applications for requesting a real-time Web transaction; a value-added network (VAN) switch running on top of a facilities network selected from a group consisting of the World Wide Web, the Internet and an e-mail network, the VAN switch for enabling the real-time Web transactions from the one or more Web applications; a service network running on top of the facilities network for connecting through the Web server to a back-end transactional application; and a computer system executing the Back-end transactional application for processing the transaction request in real-time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for performing real-time Web transactions from a Web application, comprising:
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receiving a request at a Web server, including a processor and a memory, for a real-time Web transaction from a Web application on a Web page, wherein the Web server is configured to hand over the request to a Value Added Network (VAN) switch; offering a plurality of Web applications including the Web application on a Web page, upon receipt from a Web server a selection of the Web application from the offered Web applications, the Web application corresponding to a respective back-end transactional application, wherein the back-end transactional application is an application running at the back-office server of one or more Web merchants or at the back-end; receiving a request for Web merchant services upon receipt by a Web server a selection of the Web application, wherein the request for Web merchant services is a request to connect to the selected back-end transactional application to perform an interactive real-time Web transaction from the Web application, wherein the transactional application is an on-line service provided by one or more Web merchants or the back-end; switching utilizing the VAN switch to the back-end transactional application in response to receiving the request from the Web server; providing distributed control of a service network, operating within the boundaries of an IP-based facilities network; connecting to specified ones of the Web merchant services or to back-end services, wherein the connection to the Web merchant services or back-end transactional services is managed; accessing data from a host or data repository coupled to the back office server of one or more Web merchants or to the back-end transactional application, wherein the back office server or back-end is coupled to legacy databases and other data repositories that are utilized by the one or more of the Web merchants or the back-end transactional application to store data; and completing the real-time Web transactions from the Web application. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer-implemented system, operated by a business entity comprising:
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a Web application network portal, wherein the portal includes memory and a processor and one or more Web applications offered respectively by one or more Web merchants or other service providers, or by multiple sub-entities of the business entity who have agreed to cooperate to provide on-line Value Added Network (VAN) services atop the Web for access by employees of the business entity; a list of one or more point-of-service employee Web applications on a Web page offered by the business entity that operates the portal, said portal allowing access to the one or more point-of-service applications on the Web page from said list, and wherein the portal offers the one or more point-of-service applications as on-line services on the Web page, and further wherein the portal is operated by the business entity over a service network running on top of a facilities network, the facilities network being selected from a group consisting of;
the World Wide Web, the Internet and email networks, said service network including a VAN Switch;one or more back-end transactional applications running at one or more back-end host computers, corresponding, respectively to the one or more point-of-service applications accessed, to complete a real-time Web transaction from the Web application on the Web page. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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