Patent ID: 6782542
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for invoking a method of an object on a server computer by a process running on a client computer, wherein the client and server computers are connected and in communication, using Internet protocols, the method comprising:(a) issuing, by the client process, a request to invoke the method of the object; (b) creating, with the client computer, a proxy for the object: (c) passing the request to invoke the method to the proxy; (d) creating by the proxy, an HTPP POST message encoded in multipart MIME packets, representing a data structure comprising: (1) a header section comprising a first header data field containing data representing an HTTP POST request, a second header data field containing data representing a name for an Applications Programming Interface (API) for unpackaging the multipart MIME packets, and a third header data field containing data representing a name of the object and an object method to be invoked on the server computer; and (2) a body section comprising at least one first body data field containing data representing input parameters for the object method; and (e) transmitting the HTTP POST message from the client computer to the server computer.