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A computer-implemented method and system for processing transactions between a client device and a web page. The system includes an adapter for receiving and interpreting a request from the client device, wherein the adapter is configured to interface with the client device. A generator retrieves a

A computer-implemented method and system for processing transactions between a client device and a web page. The system includes an adapter for receiving and interpreting a request from the client device, wherein the adapter is configured to interface with the client device. A generator retrieves a web page specified by the request. A transcoder receives the retrieved web page and applies a transcoding rule to extract data from the web page. The transcoding rule used is one of a set of predefined rules relating to the web page. The transcoder also transforms the data into a standardized form so that the adapter can then modifying the standardized data into a compatible form for display by the client device. Therefore, web based transactions can be performed by a variety of client devices, including portable, wireless and voice-based devices.

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We claim: 1. A computer-implemented method for processing a transaction between a client device and a web site comprising: configuring at least one adapter to interface with the client device; defining a plurality of web page transactional service domains, and defining at least one transcoding rule

We claim: 1. A computer-implemented method for processing a transaction between a client device and a web site comprising: configuring at least one adapter to interface with the client device; defining a plurality of web page transactional service domains, and defining at least one transcoding rule relating to each transactional service domain; interpreting a request from the client device; receiving a web page specified by the request, the web page enabling transactions in one of the transactional service domains; retrieving at least the previously defined transcoding rule that corresponds to the transactional service domain of the web page; and extracting data from the web page using the retrieved rule; wherein the step of interpreting the request includes the step of using an adapter configured for the client device to interpret the request, and further including the step of selecting from among a plurality of adapters to perform the interpreting. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising translating the interpreted request into a system request. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client request is an HTTP request. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the HTTP request includes the URL of a web page. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the client device is a hand held device and the step of selecting includes the step of selecting an adapter that is configured to interface with the hand held device. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the hand held device is a wireless device. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the HTTP request includes a URL that identifies which of the adapters to use. 8. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of translating the client request into a system request includes translating the client request into an XML fragment within an XML document. 9. The method of claim 1 further comprising: transforming the extracted data into a standard form; modifying the standard form of the extracted data to enable its display by the client device; and receiving and displaying the modified data using the client device. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the step of transforming the web page data into a standard form includes transforming the web page data into an XML document. 11. A system for processing transactions between a client device and a web page comprising: an adapter for receiving and interpreting a request from the client device, the adapter being configured to interface with the client device; a generator for retrieving a web page specified by the request; a transcoder for receiving the retrieved web page, for applying a transcoding rule to extract data from the web page, and for transforming the data into a standardized form, the transcoding rule being one of a set of predefined rules relating a service domain embodied by the web page; and an adapter for modifying the standardized data into a compatible form for display by the client device. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the generator translates the interpreted request into a system request. 13. The system of claim 11, wherein the client request is an HTTP request. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein the HTTP request includes the URL of a web page. 15. The system of claim 11 further including a plurality of adapters each configured to interact with a particular client device. 16. The system of claim 11 wherein the client device is a hand held device and one of the adapters is configured to interface with a hand held device. 17. The system of claim 16 wherein the hand held device is a wireless device and one of the adapters is configured to interface with a wireless device. 18. The system of claim 13 wherein the HTTP request includes a URL that identifies which of the adapters to use. 19. The system of claim 13 wherein the adapter further translates the client request into an XML fragment within an XML document. 20. The system of claim 11 wherein the transcoder transforms the web page data into a standard form that is an XML document. 21. A computer program product, comprising: a computer program storage device; computer-readable instructions on the storage device for causing a computer to undertake method acts to facilitate the processing of transactions between a client device and a web site, the method acts comprising: configuring at least one adapter to interface with the client device; defining a plurality of web page transactional service domains, defining steps performed by transactions in each transactional service domain, and defining a set of transcoding rules relating to each transactional service domain; interpreting a request from the client device; receiving a web page specified by the request, the web page enabling transactions in one of the transactional service domains; retrieving at least one previously defined transcoding rule that corresponds to the transactional service domain of the web page; extracting data from the web page using the retrieved rule: transforming the extracted data into a standard form; modifying the standard form of the extracted data to enable its display by the client device; and receving and displaying the modified data using the client devive.