Patent ID: 6070184
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for communicating with a web browser utilizing a request-response communications mechanism and executing on a first data processing system which is temporarily and intermittently connected to a second data processing system, said method comprising the steps of:determining if the request received from the web browser to the server application is a delayed processing request;storing in a persistent request queue at the second data processing system, a request from the web browser to a server application accessible to the second data processing system if the request received from the web browser is a delayed processing request;providing an interim response to the web browser in response to the request from the web browser irrespective of whether a response to the request has been received from the server application so as to provide a response to the web browser request if the request received from the web browser is a delayed processing request;providing the request to the server application;receiving the response from the server application;providing the received response to the web browser executing on the first data processing system in response to the request if the request is not a delayed processing request and in response to a subsequent request if the request is a delayed processing request.