Patent ID: 6182116
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F,H04H,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
In a data communication system having at least one WWW (World Wide Web) browser which is connected via a data communication network to a plurality of WWW servers and includes HTML (HyperText Markup Language) analysis means (44) and display means (45) functioning in combination to display the content of a HTML file, a virtual WWW server apparatus comprising:HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) communication means (11) for executing communication between the virtual WWW server apparatus and the WWW browser via said network,a stored HTML generating procedure file (1001) containing at least procedure information for use in generating a HTML file,request processing means (12) for receiving requests sent from said WWW browser via said HTTP communication means (11) and for detecting when a file transfer request which specifies said HTML generating procedure file is received,data acquisition means (14) for executing HTTP communication and data acquisition with other ones of said plurality of WWW servers via said network, andHTML generating means (13) for responding to said detection by said request processing means (12) of a file transfer request by reading out said HTML generating procedure file and utilizing said procedure information to supply information to said data acquisition means for use in obtaining, via said network, respective HTML files from a plurality of said WWW servers, operating on the HTML files thereby obtained to produce a generated HTML file which includes respective contents of said obtained HTML files, and supplying said generated HTML file to said HTTP communication means (11) to be transferred to said WWW browser via said network, for thereby concurrently displaying by said display means said respective contents of said obtained HTML files.