# US 2019/0356759 A1 · Systems and Methods for Securely Transferring Selective Datasets Between Terminals With Multi-Applications Support > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0356759 A1 - Document ID: US20190356759A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/502,212 - Filed: 2019-07-03 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-17 - Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Inventors: Fouad M. Alkhabbaz; Maatoug Al-Maatoug; Zakarya A. Abu Al Saud - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190356759A1 ## CPC - H04L 69/22: Parsing or analysis of headers - H04L 63/0245: {Filtering by information in the payload} - H04L 63/145: {the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms} - H04L 67/133: Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC] - H04L 69/161: {Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields} - H04L 69/26: {Special purpose or proprietary protocols or architectures (network applications for proprietary or special purpose networking environments H04L67/12)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Receiving, by a first communication device, an internet protocol (IP) packet via a first synchronous multi-application application programming interface (API) running on a first computer, dividing, by a splitting unit in the first communication device, the IP packet into a command portion and a data portion, encoding, by a data encoding unit in the first communication device, the data portion into a text delimited non-IP format, transmitting, by a transmitting unit in the first communication device, the encoded data portion and the command portion, receiving, by a second communication device, the encoded data portion and the command portion, decoding, by a data decoding unit in the second communication device, the encoded data portion into IP format, combining, by a constructor unit in the second communication device, the decoded data portion and the command portion to regenerate the IP packet, and receiving, by a second synchronous multi-application API running on a second computer, the regenerated IP packet. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for securely transmitting data between two terminals connected via a computer network, the method comprising: receiving, by a first communication device of the two terminals, an internet protocol (IP) packet via a first synchronous multi-application programming interface (API) running on a first computer; dividing, by a splitting unit in the first communication device, the IP packet into a command portion and a data portion, wherein the data portion comprises at least one of a customer name, customer address, fuel type, fuel price and fuel quantity; encoding, by a data encoding unit in the first communication device, the data portion into a text delimited non-IP format; and transmitting, by a transmitting unit in the first communication device, the encoded data portion and the command portion to a second communication device from the two terminals; receiving, by the second communication device, a second IP packet via a second synchronous multi-application API running on the second computer; dividing, by a splitting unit in the second communication device, the second IP packet into a command portion and a data portion; determining, by one or more processors in the second communication device, when the command portion is whitelisted; encoding by a command encoding unit in the second communication device, the command portion into a non-IP format when the command portion is whitelisted; and transmitting, by a transmitting unit in the second communication device, the encoded command portion and the data portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first synchronous multi-application API or the second synchronous multi-application API includes a corporate billing module and a standards optimization module. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the standards optimization module further comprises: an input engine configured to receive a standard; an analysis engine configured to analyze the standard; and an advisory engine configured to modify the standard or suggest a modification to the standard. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by a second communication device, the encoded data portion and the command portion; decoding, by a data decoding unit in the second communication device, the encoded data portion into IP format; combining, by a constructor unit in the second communication device, the decoded data portion and the command portion to regenerate the IP packet; and receiving, by a second synchronous multi-application API running on a second computer, the regenerated IP packet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the first communication device, the encoded command portion and the data portion; decoding, by a command decoding unit in the first communication device, the encoded command portion into IP format; combining, by a constructor unit in the first communication device, the decoded command portion and the data portion to regenerate the second IP packet; and receiving, by the first synchronous multi-application API running on the first computer, the regenerated second IP packet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the command portion comprises at least one of a source address, destination address, and checksum, for data integrity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein encoding the command portion comprises 3-bit encoding of the command portion using out of bound digital command circuitry. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the encoding is selected from the group consisting of dual frequency tone encoding, 4-20 mA encoding, millivolt encoding, and light pulse repetition frequency encoding. ### Claim 9 A system for securely transmitting data between two terminals connected via a computer network, the system comprising: a first communication device of the two terminals connected to a first computer on the network, the first communication device comprising memory, a first splitting unit, a first data encoding and decoding unit, a first command encoding and decoding unit, a first constructor unit, and a first transceiver for sending and receiving IP packets over the network; a second communication device from the two terminals connected to a second computer on the network, the second communication device comprising a second splitting unit, a second data encoding and decoding unit, a second command encoding and decoding unit, a second constructor unit, and a second transceiver for sending and receiving IP packets over the network; and a common clock configured to access a time slot and an application ID in the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein the first communication device is configured to: receive an interne protocol (IP) packet via a first synchronous multi-application programming interface (API) running on the first computer; divide the IP packet into a command portion and a data portion using the first splitting unit, wherein the data portion comprises at least one of a customer name, customer address, fuel type, fuel price and fuel quantity; encode the data portion into a text delimited non-IP format using the first data encoding unit; and transmit the encoded data portion and the command portion using the first transceiver to the second communication device; wherein the second communication device is further configured to: receive a second IP packet into a command and a data portion using the second splitting unit; determine, using one or more processors in the second communication device, when the command portion is whitelisted; encode the command portion in to a non-IP format using the second command encoding unit; and transmit the encoded command portion and the data portion using the second transceiver. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first synchronous multi-application API or the second synchronous multi-application API includes a corporate billing module and a standards optimization module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the standards optimization module further comprises: an input engine configured to receive a standard; an analysis engine configured to analyze the standard; and an advisory engine configured to modify the standard or suggest a modification to the standard. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the second communication device is configured to: receive the encoded data portion and the command portion; decode the encoded data portion into IP format using the second decoding unit; combine the decoded data portion and the command portion to regenerate the IP packet using the second constructor unit; and transmit the regenerated IP packet to a second synchronous multi-application API running on the second computer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the first communication device is further configured to: receive the encoded command portion and the data portion; decode the encoded command portion into IP format using the first decoding unit; combine the decoded command portion and the data portion to regenerate the second IP packet using the first constructor unit; and transmit the regenerated second IP packet to the first synchronous multi-application API running on the first computer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the command portion comprises at least one of a source address, destination address, and checksum, for data integrity. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein encoding the command portion comprises 3-bit encoding of the command portion using out of bound digital command circuitry. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the encoding is selected from the group consisting of dual frequency tone encoding, 4-20 mA encoding, millivolt encoding, and light pulse repetition frequency encoding. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors operatively coupled to the computer-readable medium, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for securely transmitting data between two terminals connected via a computer network, wherein the operations comprise: receiving an internet protocol (IP) packet via a first synchronous multi-application programming interface (API) running on a first computer of the two terminals; dividing the IP packet into a command portion and a data portion, wherein the data portion comprises at least one of a customer name, customer address, fuel type, fuel price and fuel quantity; encoding the data portion into a text delimited non-IP format; and transmitting the encoded data portion and the command portion to a second computer of the two terminals; receiving, by the second computer, a second IP packet via a second synchronous multi-application API running on the second computer; dividing, by the second computer, the second IP packet into a command portion and a data portion; determining, by the second computer, when the command portion is whitelisted; encoding, by the second computer, the command portion into a non-IP format when the command portion is whitelisted; and transmitting, by the second computer, the encoded command portion and the data portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The medium of claim 17, wherein the first synchronous multi-application API or the second synchronous multi-application API includes a corporate billing module and a standards optimization module. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The medium of claim 18, wherein the standards optimization module further comprises: an input engine configured to receive a standard; an analysis engine configured to analyze the standard; and an advisory engine configured to modify the standard or suggest a modification to the standard. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The medium of claim 17, further causing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving an encoded command portion and a data portion; decoding the encoded command portion into IP format; combining the decoded command portion and the data portion to regenerate a second IP packet; and transmitting the regenerated second IP packet. ### Claim 21 A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors operatively coupled to the computer-readable medium, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving an encoded data portion and a command portion; decoding the encoded data portion into IP format; combining the decoded data portion and the command portion to regenerate an IP packet; and transmitting the regenerated IP packet. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The medium of claim 21, further causing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving a second IP packet via a second synchronous multi-application API running on a second computer; dividing the second IP packet into a command portion and a data portion; determining if the command portion is whitelisted; encoding the command portion into a non-IP format if the command portion is whitelisted; and transmitting the encoded command portion and the data portion.