Patent ID: 6088515
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of making a hypermedium page interactive, the hypermedium page displayed by a network browser, comprising the steps of:selecting a hyperlink on the hypermedium page displayed on a client node, the hyperlink providing a link to an executable application;retrieving a hyperlink configuration file, from a network server to the client node, the hyperlink configuration file corresponding to the hyperlink and identifying a server that executes the application;starting a client agent on the client mode;creating by the client agent a communication link to the application execution server identified by the hyperlink configuration file;starting the identified application on the application execution server in response to the communication link; andreceiving, by the client agent, output data from the application executing on the application execution server and displaying on the client node the received output data without intervention by the network browser.