Method and apparatus for enhancing security between a Web server and a PSTN-based voice portal

Abstract

A security regimen is provided for implementing transaction security between a Web server and data and a voice portal system accessible through a telephony network on the user end and through an XML gateway on the data source end. The regimen includes one of a private connection, a virtual private network, or a secure socket layer, set-up between the Web server and the Voice Portal system through the XML gateway. Transactions carried on between the portal and the server enjoy the same security that is available between nodes on the data network. In one embodiment, the regimen further includes a voice translation system distributed at the outlet of the portal and at the telephone of the end user wherein the voice dialog is translated to an obscure language not that of the users language and then retranslated to the users language at the telephone of the user.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An enhanced security regimen for providing security between a Web server and data there hosted and a voice portal system accessible through a telephony network on the user end and through an XML gateway on the data source end comprising: 
 one of a private connection, a virtual private network, or a secure socket layer, set-up between the Web server and the Voice Portal system through the XML gateway;    characterized in that transactions carried on between the portal and the server enjoy the same security that is available between nodes on the data network.    
     
     
         2 . The security regimen of  claim 1  further including protocol for Web authentication forms.  
     
     
         3 . The security regimen of  claim 1  further including a voice translation system distributed at the outlet of the portal and at the telephone of the end user wherein the voice dialog is translated to an obscure language not that of the users language and then retranslated to the users language at the telephone of the user.