Patent ID: 7548979
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a host session on a remote computer in a computer system, the method comprising: sending a request to establish the host session from a client computer, the request including a presentation space, wherein the client computer has access to a plurality of properties files defining a plurality of screens for the host session, wherein the plurality of properties files include at least one screen properties file for defining the screen data for the host session, the at least one screen properties file comprises a responses section, and the responses section comprises a response type for the response and identifying text for the response; receiving in the presentation space a response to the request from the remote computer, the response including host screen data; identifying the response by comparing the host screen data in the presentation space to screen data defined in at least one of the plurality of properties files for the host session, wherein the screen data defined in at least one of the plurality of properties files for the host session comprises a plurality of field definitions for data appearing on a host session screen, the definitions including at least one of a field name and a flag indicating whether a field is read only or read/write and wherein identifying the response by comparing the host screen data in the presentation space to screen data defined in at least one of the plurality of properties files for the host session comprises determining the response type for the response by comparing the host screen data to the identifying text defined for the response in the responses section of the at least one screen properties file; and performing an action based on the identified response, wherein performing an action based on the identified response comprises: