Patent ID: 6021445
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for processing an API request generated by an application program that is executing in a client terminal by a server computer networked to the client terminal comprising the steps of:(a) allocating a block of operating memory by the client terminal;(b) placing data defining the client terminal API request in the block of operating memory by the client terminal;(c) sending the data and instructions for creating the block of memory to the server computer by the client terminal;(d) allocating a second block of operating memory like the first block of operating memory by the server computer using the instructions received from the client terminal;(e) storing the data from the client terminal in the second block of operating memory by the server computer;(f) processing the client terminal API request and storing API response data in the second block of memory by an API service routine executed by the server computer;(g) sending the API response data and instructions for creating the second block of memory to the client terminal by the server computer;(h) storing the API response data from the server computer in the one block of operating memory by the client terminal; and(i) processing the API response data from the one block of operating memory by the application program.