Patent ID: 6243752
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of establishing data connections between a host computer and a computer acting as a terminal computer through a communications network, said data connections relating to a plurality of application programs running on the host computer, said method comprising the steps of:said terminal computer establishing an initial connection between the terminal computer and the host computer using a long-on procedure;said terminal computer creating an initial terminal emulator window for said initial connection;said host computer transmitting a menu of its application programs to the terminal computer over said initial connection;said terminal computer displaying said menu in said initial terminal emulator window; andfor each application program selected by the user of the terminal computer:transmitting a request over said initial connection from the terminal computer to the host computer to open the selected application program;said host computer establishing an additional connection between the host computer and the terminal computer;said terminal computer creating an additional terminal emulator window for said additional connection;transmitting data relating to said selected application program between the host computer and the terminal computer over said additional connection; anddisplaying data relating to said selected application programs in said additional terminal emulator window.