Patent ID: 6134598
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a data network in which a multiplicity of data formats exist, a method for performing a particular function on data, the method comprising:determining in a client system in what first data format the data is represented and then using the determined first data format to search the client system for a first resource for performing the function on the data in the first data format;upon failing to locate a first resource on the client system for performing the function on the data in the first data format, searching the client system for a second resource for performing the function on the data in any other, second data format;upon finding such a second resource, searching for a parsing server that can parse data from the first data format to the second data format and then transmitting the data to the parsing server;parsing the data at the parsing server into the second data format;receiving on the client system the data parsed into the second data format from the parsing server; andusing the second resource on the client system to perform the function on the parsed data.