Patent ID: 6178457
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a client-server computing system, said server having a storage device, a method being executed by said system for controlling and tracking client access to server software being executed by said computing system, said method comprising the steps of:a. initiating a first call from said client to said server;b. instantiating a server component within a server application;c. said server component instantiating an engine component, which logs onto said storage device for assignment of a session ID;d. returning said session ID to said engine component;e. passing said session ID back to said server component and entering and attaching to a shared persistent resource, thereafter breaking the link between said server component and said engine component; and,f. passing said session ID back to said client component for reference when a next call to said server is to be made and breaking the link between said server component and said client component.