Patent ID: 9619447
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer program product for interfacing with a legacy application through a web-based application interface, the legacy application designed for a terminal-based application interface, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to perform a method comprising: receiving, from a user through the web-based application interface, a request to execute the legacy application, executing, in response to receiving the request, the legacy application in a software abstraction layer of a computing system, wherein the software abstraction layer provides an interface for identifying terminal commands in the executing legacy application; identifying, during execution of the legacy application, a terminal command issued by the executing legacy application; identifying, without creating a data stream associated with the terminal command, a first web page of the web-based application interface, the first web page responsive to the terminal command, the first web page being a result of converting at least one map file of the legacy application; and presenting the first web page to the user.