Patent ID: 6421705
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for a service provider application program installed on a user computer system to interact with said service provider's application process executing on a remote computer system wherein:a. said service provider application program begins execution as a process, said process being a user application process, the process performing initializations; b. said user application process connects to a communication point accessible to said user application process, said communication point being said service provider application process, the communication point being accessible through communication primitives; c. said user application process communicates data to said service provider application process; d. said service provider application process responsive to receiving the data, interacts with the communicated data; e. said service provider application process communicates data to said user application process; f. said user application process receives said communications, said communications including initialization specifications for said user application process; and g. said user application process disconnects from said service provider application process, wherein said communicated data includes specifications for using a minor service accessible to said user application process, thereby permitting the application process to selectively access said minor service.