Patent ID: 8478838
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a request by a user of a program executed in a first computer, the method comprising the steps of: the program initiating display of a first computer screen and another computer screen superimposed on the first computer screen and storing information in a first working storage area identifying a state of the first computer screen and information needed to back out of the other computer screen; the program receiving, by user entry to the first computer screen, a request of a type processed by the program, and in response, the program updating the first working storage area to indicate the request, and the first computer sending to a second computer a copy of contents of the first working storage area, the contents including the request, the state of the first computer screen and the information needed to back out of the other computer screen; the copy of the program in the second computer processing the request using contents of a second working storage area copied from the contents of the first working storage area sent by the first computer and updating the contents of the second working storage area with a result of the processing of the request; and the second computer sending to the first computer the contents of the updated second working storage; and the first computer updating the contents of the first working storage area with the contents of the updated second working storage sent by the second computer, and the program in the first computer initiating display of an updated computer screen based on the updated contents of the first working storage area.