Patent ID: 6216164
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data management system comprising:a web server for accessing sites on a global network;a remote computer connected to the global network via the web server, said remote computer communicating on the global network using a client-server communications protocol;a database storing data; anda mainframe computer associated with the database, said mainframe being operable to execute customer information control system (CICS) transactions, said CICS transactions controlling an application program for processing the data stored in the database, said mainframe receiving and responsive to an open socket command from the remote computer via the web server for enabling CICS sockets, said CICS sockets permitting the remote computer to communicate with the mainframe by the client-server communications protocol so that the CICS transactions are executable by the remote computer for controlling the application program at the mainframe.