Method and system for enabling and controlling communication topology, access to resources, and document flow in a distributed networking environment
First Claim
1. A method for providing a first computing device with a permission to perform an interaction with a second computing device in a network, the method comprising;
- transmitting a first message from the first computing device to the second computing device to initiate an exchange for obtaining the permission to perform the interaction with the second computing device;
automatically selecting by the first computing device a contract corresponding to a type of interaction that is supported by the second computing device to provide the second computing device with the permission to perform the interaction, the contract specifying one or more terms that information associated with the contract must satisfy in order to be transmitted between the first computing device and the second computing device;
transmitting from the first computing device to the second computing device a second message including the contract; and
transmitting a document from the first computing device to the second computing device in accordance with the contract, wherein an identifier is transmitted with the document, the identifier identifying the contract.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Described are a system and method for use by a computing device to transmit information over a communication medium. The computing device communicates over the medium according to a protocol stack having a plurality of protocol layers. Information having an identifier is received at a first protocol layer from a higher protocol layer in the protocol stack. The computing device determines whether to present the information to the network communication medium based on at least one term of a contract associated with the identifier. Upon determining to present the information to the communication medium, the computing device incorporates the identifier in the information before placing the information on the network communication medium.
28 Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A method for providing a first computing device with a permission to perform an interaction with a second computing device in a network, the method comprising;
-
transmitting a first message from the first computing device to the second computing device to initiate an exchange for obtaining the permission to perform the interaction with the second computing device; automatically selecting by the first computing device a contract corresponding to a type of interaction that is supported by the second computing device to provide the second computing device with the permission to perform the interaction, the contract specifying one or more terms that information associated with the contract must satisfy in order to be transmitted between the first computing device and the second computing device; transmitting from the first computing device to the second computing device a second message including the contract; and transmitting a document from the first computing device to the second computing device in accordance with the contract, wherein an identifier is transmitted with the document, the identifier identifying the contract. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
9. A method for providing a permission to perform an interaction with a resource in a network including a first computing device and a second computing device, the method comprising:
-
receiving at the second computing device a first message from the first computing device to initiate an exchange of the permission with the first computing device; transmitting by the second computing device a response to the first message to the first computing device indicating a type of interaction that is supported by the second computing device; receiving at the second computing device a second message from the first computing device including a contract corresponding to the type of interaction to provide the second computing device with the permission to perform the interaction with the resource, the contract specifying one or more terms that information associated with the contract must satisfy in order to be transmitted between the second computing device and the resource in accordance with the interaction with the resource; and transmitting a document from the second computing device to the resource in accordance with the contract, wherein an identifier is transmitted with the document, the identifier identifying the contract, wherein the second computing device automatically selects the contract for inclusion with a future message sent by the second computing device to the resource. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
Specification