Patent ID: 8972968
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, comprising: code that maintains an interface for communication, via a network, with a client application in a client computing device, the interface comprising a server version identifier; code that determines a measure of compatibility between the client application and the interface based at least upon the server version identifier and another server version identifier that is expected by the client application; code that transmits a notice to the client application based at least upon the measure of compatibility, the notice comprising an alert for a mandatory update to the client application; code that transmits the mandatory update to the client application, the mandatory update based at least upon the measure of compatibility meeting a predefined update threshold; and code that transmits a redirection instruction to the client application, the redirection instruction comprising a directive for the client computing device to establish a communication session with a web server application, the web server application executable in an alternate computing device.