Patent ID: 8412777
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing data sets in a data processing system including at least one client unit and at least one server unit, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a data processing request at a server unit from a client unit, wherein the data processing request includes at least one data location reference indicating a location of at least one data set to be processed by at least one processing program of the server unit; ascertaining whether the data location reference indicates a location of the data set as being at the server unit or in an attachment to the data processing request, wherein the ascertaining includes concluding that the location of the data set is in an attachment to the data processing request responsive to the data location reference failing to comply with at least one standard format; determining at least one new location reference indicating at least one new storage location at the server unit if the data location reference indicates the data set location as being in an attachment to the data processing request; storing at least a portion of the data set at the at least one new storage location indicated by the at least one new location reference; forwarding the at least one new location reference to the at least one processing program of the server unit; and processing, by the at least one processing program of the server unit, the data set stored at the at least one new storage location indicated by the at least one new location reference.