| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides a method (802-818) and apparatus (200, 205, 206, 208) for providing real-time, two-way transactional capabilities on the Web. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a configurable value-added network switch (520) for enabling real-time transactions on the World Wide Web. The configurable value added network switch (520) comprises a device (812) for switching to a transactional application in response to a user specification (100) from a World Wide Web application, a device (812) for transmitting a transaction request from the transactional application, and a device (814) for processing the transaction request. Additionally, a method for enabling object routing is disclosed, 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. Finally, a method is disclosed for enabling service management of the value-added network service, to perfrom OMA & P functions on the services network.</p> |
