Patent ID: 6169992
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for guided interactive queries of an object oriented knowledge base, comprising: a hypertext markup language browser capable of managing executable content, said browser being adapted to provide a virtual machine runtime environment for an executable content client application, said browser being coupled to a communications circuit capable of transmitting packets of digital information according to a network protocol; an executable content client application capable of running in the virtual machine runtime environment of the browser, said executable content client application having a remote procedure call mechanism written as executable content which is capable of running in the virtual machine runtime environment of the browser, said remote procedure call mechanism being capable of translating remote procedure calls into digital information that can be transmitted over said communications circuit by said browser; a data base management system server, said server being located at a remote location; and an interface mechanism, said interface mechanism being coupled to said communications circuit at the remote location, said interface mechanism being coupled to said data base management system server, said interface mechanism being capable of translating digital information received from said browser via said communications circuit into remote procedure calls to said data base management system server.