XML Addressing for B2B Trading Network Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Business-to-business electronic trading networks restrict transactions to subscribed users, limiting commercial success by minimizing the presence and availability of users or trading partners, making it difficult to conduct business on a larger scale like the Internet.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for integrating trading partners into an XML-based Internet infrastructure, allowing registration of business names with XML naming systems, assigning XML-based addresses, and mapping them to the Internet, enabling communication and transactions across a network using XML-based routing and metadata sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If business transactions are restricted to subscribed users in a typical electronic trading network, then network security and control are improved, but the availability and reach of business transactions deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces XML-based addresses and naming systems as intermediaries between traditional electronic trading networks and the Internet. These XML addresses act as mediators that enable businesses to be discovered and accessed across the broader Internet while maintaining secure, structured communication protocols, thus resolving the contradiction between security and availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes electronic trading networks universal by enabling them to operate alongside the Internet rather than in isolation. Through XML-based addressing and routing, the system allows trading networks to serve both subscribed users and broader Internet audiences, making the network multi-functional and adaptable to different transaction scenarios.
2Device complexity
If trading partners are limited to a specified network, then system complexity is reduced, but the commercial success and scale of business transactions deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the addressing parameter from traditional network-based identifiers to XML-based addresses. This parameter change enables businesses to be addressed and found across the Internet while maintaining the structured, manageable nature of XML data, thus increasing commercial reach without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to network addressing by introducing XML-based addresses that operate independently of traditional IP addressing. This dimensional expansion allows trading partners to be accessible both within private networks and across the Internet, effectively multiplying the address space and enabling broader commercial success.
3Reliability
If a dedicated electronic trading network is used, then communication reliability is improved, but the ability to conduct business on a larger scale like the Internet deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges dedicated electronic trading networks with the Internet by using XML-based addresses as a common addressing layer. This merging allows reliable private network communication to coexist with broader Internet accessibility, enabling businesses to scale up while maintaining communication reliability through standardized XML protocols.
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AI summary
A system and method is disclosed for integrating a trading partner into an XML based Internet. The system is operable to access the Internet to register a business name with one or more XML naming systems and register a business name with one or more XML naming systems. The system is further operable to receive an XML based address from the one or more XML naming systems. The system is still further operable to assign the XML based address to an authoritative XML naming system and map the XML based address to the Internet.