Patent ID: 7007278
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a legacy computer application over an Internet, the method comprising: converting a proprietary screen definition to a converted user interface page in a pervasive computer Internet user agent format, the converting step further comprising: providing access to the legacy computer application responsive to a request from a client that is separate from a computer on which the legacy computer application resides, the client and the computer being connected by a server, the providing step further comprising: making the reformatted raw output in the JavaBean data objects available for access, use and manipulation by another network based application; wherein the legacy computer application is not restructured and no code changes are made to programs of the legacy computer application, wherein the legacy computer application is non-modular, wherein the legacy computer application scamlessly interweaves with the network based application, and wherein a state of the legacy computer application is automatically preserved in a native environment after a transaction on the Internet is completed and a connection to the Internet is broken.