Generating evidence of web services transactions

US9258125B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul Bunter · San Diego, US
• Ralph A. Hertlein · Alpharetta, US
• Sreedhar Janaswamy · Kamatana, IN
• Rania Y. Khalaf · Cambridge, US
• Keeranoor G. Kumar · Dover, US
• Michael McIntosh · Clifton, US
• Anthony Joseph Nadalin · Austin, US
• Shishir Saxena · Ghaziabad, IN
• Ralph P. Williams · Bartlesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2209/80
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed in which generating evidence of web services transactions are provided generally by receiving in an ultimate recipient web service from an initial sender a request, the request containing a proof of message origin (‘PMO’). The PMO contains an element addressed to the ultimate recipient web service and the element bears a first signature, the first signature having a value. Embodiments also include authenticating the identity of the initial sender; creating a proof of message receipt (‘PMR’) including signing the value of the first signature; sending the PMR to the initial sender, receiving, by the initial sender, the PMR; and saving, by the initial sender, the PMR.