Business-to-Business Internet Infrastructure

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A business-to-business infrastructure system, comprising:
 an electronic trading network comprising an extensible markup language (XML) network and one or more trading partners, the XML network comprises one or more XML naming computer systems, one or more authentication authorities and communicates using an XML connector based on routing one or more XML packets, the one or more trading partners comprising one or more computers comprising one or more processing units and one or more memory units, the one or more processing units programmed to:
 access the XML network to register a business name into an XML based address; 
 register the business name into the XML based address with the one or more XML naming computer systems; 
 receive the XML based address over the XML network from the one or more XML naming computer systems; 
 communicate data across the XML network based, at least in part, on the XML based address; and 
 at least one of the one or more authentication authorities provide security to traverse data across the XML network based, at least in part, on the XML based address. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing units is further programed to:
 assign the XML based address to an authoritative XML naming computer system, the XML naming computer system maps the XML based address to the XML network to track changes to the XML based address.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing units is further programed to publish information on the XML network about that XML based address and the XML naming computer systems, based on a hierarchical relationship. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the XML based address is independent of a physical routing hierarchy represented by the XML based address. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the security comprises a certificate based on agency criteria. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the security comprises authentication of the one or more trading partners. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more processing units is further programed to store the certificate in the XML connector associated with the one or more trading partners. 
     
     
         8 . A business-to-business infrastructure method, comprising:
 accessing, by a computer, an extensible markup language (XML) network comprising one or more XML naming computer systems and one or more authentication authorities to register a business name into an XML based address, the XML network communicates using an XML connector based on routing one or more XML packets;   registering, by the computer, the business name into the XML based address with the one or more XML naming computer systems;   receiving, by the computer, the XML based address over the XML network from the one or more XML naming computer systems;   communicating, by the computer, data across the XML network based, at least in part, on the XML based address; and   providing, by at least one of the one or more authentication authorities, security to traverse data across the XML network based, at least in part, on the XML based address.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 assigning the XML based address to an authoritative XML naming computer system, the XML naming computer system mapping the XML based address to the XML network to track changes to the XML based address.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising publishing information on the XML network about that XML based address and the XML naming computer systems, based on a hierarchical relationship. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the XML based address is independent of a physical routing hierarchy represented by the XML based address. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the security comprises a certificate based on agency criteria. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the security comprises authentication of the one or more trading partners. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising storing the certificate in the XML connector associated with the one or more trading partners. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with software, the software when executed using one or more computers is programed to:
 access an extensible markup language (XML) network comprising one or more XML naming computer systems and one or more authentication authorities to register a business name into an XML based address, the XML network communicates using an XML connector based on routing one or more XML packets;   register the business name into the XML based address with the one or more XML naming computer systems;   receive the XML based address over the XML network from the one or more XML naming computer systems;   communicate data across the XML network based, at least in part, on the XML based address; and   provide security to traverse data across the XML network based, at least in part, on the XML based address.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim  23 , wherein the software is further programed to:
 assign the XML based address to an authoritative XML naming computer system, the XML naming computer system maps the XML based address to the XML network to track changes to the XML based address.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the software is further programed to publishing information on the XML network about that XML based address and the XML naming computer systems, based on a hierarchical relationship. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the XML based address is independent of a physical routing hierarchy represented by the XML based address. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the security comprises a certificate based on agency criteria. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the security comprises authentication of the one or more trading partners.