Web Service Network Portal

• US 20100306102A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1995
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lakshmi Arunachalam
• Original Assignee: Pi-Net International Incorporated
• Inventors: Arunachalam, Lakshmi
• Granted Patent: US 8,108,492 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/18 Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

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

Claims

1. An employee-accessible web service network portal operated by a business entity comprising:

a point of service application provided by a particular sub-entity related to the business entity;

a second application provided by a different sub-entity also related to the business entity; and

a portal allowing an employee access to the point of service application, the portal also allowing the employee to transfer information from the second application to the point of service application.

2. The portal of claim 1, wherein the particular sub-entity is a payroll department.

3. The portal of claim 1, wherein the different sub-entity is a human resources department.

4. The portal of claim 1, wherein funds can be transferred by the point of service application to benefit the employee.

5. The portal of claim 1, wherein the portal allows the employee to transfer information between other application programs provided by other sub-entities related to the business entity.

6. The portal of claim 1, wherein one of the point of service application allows access to the group of services consisting of 401K plans, expense reports, time cards, payroll, travel, vacation and commissions.

7. The portal of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of point of service applications.