Patent ID: 6173311
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A server computer for communicating with a client computer via a network, the server computer comprising:a server interface for receiving a client computer request including a category identifier associated with a category of the client computer request and a last file identifier of a last file previously sent to the client computer, the client computer request being created by the client computer using information from a local file residing on the client computer; anda request processing component for receiving the client computer request from the server interface and for assigning the client computer request to one of a plurality of agents operating on the server based upon the category identifier, the request processing component transmitting information provided by the one of the plurality of agents to the client computer, said plurality of agents utilizing the last file identifier and the information from the local file to retrieve information from the server computer, to redirect client computer requests to a certain computer, to provide statistical information and to enable an internal organization channel.