Patent ID: 6115744
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An apparatus for connecting a web browser-initiated user application program executing on a network-attached client processor to a target service program (TSP) coupled to a network-attached server processor, comprising:a gateway executor executing on the server processor and coupled to the TSP, the gateway executor comprising a network connection serving as a first terminus point of a network path, a repository for storing information about one or more services requestable from the TSP, and a message handler coupled to the network connection and the TSP for presenting service requests to the TSP;a client communication manager (CCM) executing on the client processor for establishing and operating a second terminus point of the network path; and,an application programming interface (API) executing on the client processor responsive to the user application program and coupled to the CCM, the API communicating with the gateway executor via the CCM to retrieve information from the gateway executor repository, and the API responsive to the user application program to communicate with the gateway executor via the CCM to request a service from the TSP.