Patent ID: 6757706
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing responses for requests of an off-line client, comprising:a request-response storage component, provided in a client machine, which stores a plurality of requests and a plurality of responses; a network traffic redirector, for redirecting requests of the client from a network connection to the client machine itself by modifying system configuration of the client machine when said client is in an off-line state, and for redirecting requests of the client from the client machine itself to the network connection by resuming the system configuration of the client machine when said client leaves the off-line state and enters an on-line state; and an off-line server, provided in the client machine, for receiving the requests of the client redirected by said network traffic redirector to the client machine itself, and for generating responses based on requests received and on said plurality of requests and said plurality of responses stored in said request-response storage component, and returning generated responses to said client as responses of a server, wherein said plurality of requests and said plurality of responses stored in said request-response storage are a plurality of requests and a plurality of responses which have been pre-defined by a user.