METHOD FOR MAPPING APPLICATIONS AND OR ATTRIBUTES IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

A disclosed method includes mapping at least one local application module to respective message type data, and storing the message type data in association with the local application module in a local database accessible to a local server. The method includes mapping gateway account data for internetwork access to at least one remote database, to respective message type data. The first method further includes storing the message type data in association with respective gateway account data in the local database, mapping remote attribute data to local attribute data, and storing the remote attribute data in association with the local attribute data in the local database. Similar steps can be used to prepare the remote server and database for operation. Using the local client device a user can generate message type data transmitted from the local client device to the local server that determines whether the received message type data is associated with a local application module. If so, the local server runs the local application module using optional attribute data. The local server also determines whether the received message type data is associated with gateway account data. If so, the gateway account data is used to transmit the message type data from the local server over the internetwork to the remote server. The remote server determines whether the message type data is mapped to a remote application module in the remote database. If so, the remote server runs a remote application module corresponding to the message type data.