Method and apparatus for operating a transactional server in a proprietary database environment

A method of operating a transactional processor for requesting information in an interactive environment comprising the steps:

• transferring an information request having an identification and requested data to a transaction server;
• transferring the information request to a database server;
• verifying the information request to validate originality of the information request is indeed a subscriber request;
• retrieving subscriber information corresponding to the identification;
• transferring the subscriber information to the transaction server;
• and
• transferring the subscriber information and the requested data to an application processor which provides the requested data to at least one subscriber based on the subscriber information.

A method of operating a transactional processor system for requesting information in an interactive environment comprising the steps:

• encrypting an information request to provide an encrypted request information and an encrypted identification
• transferring the information request having the encrypted identification and the encrypted request information to a transaction server;
• transferring the information request to a database server;
• verifying the information request to validate originality of the information request;
• retrieving subscriber information corresponding to the encrypted identification;
• transferring the subscriber information to the transaction server;
• and
• transferring the subscriber information and the encrypted request information to an application processor.

A method of operating a transaction server comprising the steps:

• receiving an information request having an identification and requested data wherein the information request includes an encoded message;
• decrypting a key with a transaction server private key:
• retrieving subscriber information corresponding to the identification;
• and
• transferring the subscriber information and the requested data to an application processor which provides the requested data to a subscriber based on the subscriber information.

A method of operating a transaction server comprising the steps:

• receiving an information request having an identification and requested data wherein the information request includes a DES encoded message and the step of receiving the information request includes decrypting a DES key with a transaction server private key;
• retrieving subscriber information corresponding to the identification;
• and
• transferring the subscriber information and the requested data to an application processor.

A method of operating a database server comprising the steps:

• retrieving subscriber information in response to a subscriber information request having an identification from a transactional server;
• verifying the subscriber information request to validate originality of the subscriber information request is indeed a subscriber request;
• retrieving the subscriber information corresponding to the identification;
• and
• transferring the subscriber information to a transaction server.

A method of operating a database server comprising the steps:

• retrieving subscriber information in response to a subscriber information request having an identification;
• decrypting the identification to produce a serial number;
• verifying the subscriber information request to validate originality of the subscriber information request;
• retrieving the subscriber information corresponding to the identification;
• and
• transferring the subscriber information to a transaction server.

A transaction server for processing information requests comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive an information request having an identification and requested data;
• a subscriber information requestor configured to provide an encoded subscriber information request in response to the identification to a data base;
• and
• a processor configured to receive the subscriber information from the database and provide message requests in response to the subscriber information and the requested data to an application server.

A transaction server for processing information requests comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive an information request including an encoded message having an identification and requested data;
• a decryptor configured to decrypt the information request;
• subscriber information requestor configured to provide an encoded subscriber information request in response to the identification;
• and
• a processor configured to receive the subscriber information and provide message requests in response to the subscriber information and the requested data.

A database server for receiving encoded information requests comprising:

• a decryptor configured to decrypt a subscriber information request having an identification;
• a verifier configured to verify the subscriber information to validate originality of the subscriber information request;
• and
• a retrieve processor configured to retrieve the subscriber information corresponding to the identification and transfer the subscriber information to a transaction server.

A subscriber platform for providing information requests having a subscriber identification comprising:

• a message generator configured to generate a message block;
• an encryptor configured to encrypt the message block and generate a digital signature of the message block;
• an encrypted identification generator configured to encrypt the subscriber identification to provide an encrypted identification;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit the message block, the digital signature and the encrypted identification to provide an information request.

A method of operating a subscriber platform having a subscriber identification to provide information requests comprising the steps:

• concatenating message requests to provide a message block;
• encrypting the message block;
• generating a hash of the message block;
• signing the hash to provide a digital signature;
• encrypting the subscriber identification to provide an encrypted identification;
• and
• transferring the encrypted message block, the digital signature, and the encrypted identification to provide an information request.