System and method for implementing application functionality within a network infrastructure

A system for transporting data through a network comprising:

• a plurality of client applications generating requests for network services;
• a plurality of network servers configured to provide services in response to received requests;
• a front-end web server within the network having a first interface configured to handle request/response traffic with the client applications;
• a back-end web server within the network having a first interface configured to handle request/response traffic with a selected set of network servers;
• a communication channel through the network between the front-end web server and the back-end web server;
• encoding the request/response traffic over the communication channel in a first process in the front-end computer;
• encoding the request/response traffic over the communication channel in a second process in the back-end computer,
• decoding the encoded request/response traffic from the front-end computer in a third process in the back-end computer;
• decoding the encoded request/response traffic from the back-end computer in a fourth process in the front-end computer,
• wherein the first, second, third, and fourth processes implement preselected compatible semantics to perform the encoding and the decoding on the request/response traffic;
• wherein the preselected compatible semantics comprise processes for sharing operational information for the front-end and back-end computers and wherein the act of encoding comprises communicating quality of service information about the communication channel between the front-end and back-end computers;
• and
• wherein the front-end server and the back-end server are time synchronized and the back-end server comprises means for ascertaining when a request/response was issued by the front-end server.

A system for transporting data through a network comprising:

• a plurality of network-connected applications generating requests for network services;
• a plurality of network-connected computers configured to provide services in response to received requests;
• a plurality of front-end web computers each having at least one interface configured to handle request/response traffic with the network-connected applications;
• a plurality of back-end web computers each having at least one interface configured to handle request/response traffic with a selected set of the network-connected computers;
• and
• a many-to-many communication channel through the network between the front-end computers and the back-end computers,
• encoding the request/response traffic over the communication channel in a first process in the front-end computer;
• encoding the request/response traffic over the communication channel in a second process in the back-end computer,
• decoding the encoded request/response traffic from the front-end computer in a third process in the back-end computer;
• decoding the encoded request/response traffic from the back-end computer in a fourth process in the front-end computer,
• wherein the first, second, third, and fourth processes implement preselected compatible semantics to perform the encoding and the decoding on the request/response traffic;
• wherein the preselected compatible semantics comprise processes for sharing operational information for the front-end and back-end computers and wherein the act of encoding comprises communicating quality of service information about the communication channel between the front-end and back-end computers;
• and
• wherein the front-end computer and the back-end computer are time synchronized and the back-end server comprises means for ascertaining when a request/response was issued by the front-end computer.