Secure data exchange technique

A system for securely exchanging accounting data between a first digital general ledger stored and managed via a first client-server system and a second digital general ledger stored and managed via a second client-server system, the system comprising:

• a database
• a client;
• and
• a server built on a system comprising:
• a memory element;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory element, the database, and the client, the processor, in response to executing program instructions contained in the memory element, being configured to:
• provide an object-oriented application programming interface;
• receive a data input related to a transaction, the transaction necessitating an update to at least a first digital general ledger stored, at least in part, on a database corresponding to the first client-server system;
• associate an update to the first digital general ledger stored, at least in part, on the database with a second digital general ledger stored, at least in part, on a database corresponding to the second client-server system;
• build a first data transfer object corresponding to the update to the first digital general ledger, the first data transfer object configured to operate on the object-oriented application programming interface and to leverage the means specified by the object-oriented application programming interface;
• encrypt the first data transfer object such that access is restricted to the first client-server system, the second client-server system, and to any other client-server system associated with the update to the first digital general ledger;
• alert the second client-server system of the first data transfer object;
• make available, to a server tier of the second client-server system, the first data transfer object such that the second digital general ledger can be updated based at least in part on the update to the first digital general ledger;
• and
• receive notice of a second data transfer object built by the second client-server system, the second data transfer object corresponding to an update to the second digital general ledger, based at least in part on the update to the first digital general ledger, and referencing the first data transfer object, the second data transfer object configured to operate on the object-oriented application programming interface and to leverage the means specified by the object-oriented application programming interface;
• with the proviso that any transmission of the first data transfer object or second data transfer object, between the first client-server system and the second client-server system does not involve a remote-user connection between any of the client tier or the server tier of either the first client-server system or the second client-server system;
• restrict access to an encryption routine that encrypts the first data transfer object such that a client tier of the first client-server system cannot access the corresponding encryption routine;
• wherein the first client-server system operates independently and securely on an objected-oriented platform, and the second client-server system operates independently and securely on an object-oriented platform.