Patent ID: 6324568
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A system for passing information between a client and an application server through a web server using a markup language, said system comprising:a. a browser, running on the client, for an end user to enter information for the application server and to receive information from the application server;b. the application server including application resources; andc. a web server providing communications between said application server and said browser, and including an interface application running on the web server for supporting a session, the web server configured for:i. sending a markup language form including encoded metadata information to the client,ii. receiving information including responses to the encoded metadata information from the client in response to the markup language form,iii. sending information to the application server based upon the information received from the client and information in response to the encoded metadata information, loading one or more template files including embedded tags, processing the template files, and making one or more calls to the application server to get application objects called by the embedded tags in the template files,iv. receiving responsive information from the application server, said responsive information including function objects and application objects called by the embedded tags,v. converting the responsive information received from the application server into markup language, andvi. transmitting the converted information to the client.