Patent ID: 6199104
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for sharing data between a host computer and a receiver computer through a network, the apparatus comprising:a host computer interfaced with the network, the host computer including host data;a receiver computer interfaced with the network;an intermediate server interfaced with the network, said intermediate server comprising a session application program interface that establishes a communication session with said host computer in response to a set-up request received from said host computer; anda conversion program loaded on said intermediate server, said conversion program operationally directing said intermediate server to:receive the host data from said host computer through the network after the communication session has been established between said host computer and said intermediate server;translate the host data; andsend the translated host data to said receiver computer,wherein the host data comprises screen data representing data displayed to a user on a monitor screen connected to the host computer, and said conversion program directs said intermediate server to translate the screen data to an HTML format.