Patent ID: 6216101
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A computer-implemented terminal session emulator for providing browser-based access to legacy host applications, comprising:an emulation server operable to negotiate a persistent connection between a legacy host system and a client system, said emulation server further in communication with a web server; andapplet code operable to create an applet process executing under a web browser on a client system, said applet code being downloadable from the web server to the client system in response to receiving a uniform resource locator associated with the legacy host system, and, when executed by the client system, the applet process operable to communicate with said emulation server to provide a terminal session to a user of the client system via said persistent connection;wherein said emulation server is further operable to generate a client token and to pass said client token to said client system and to refuse the persistent connection if the applet process does not return the client token.