Patent ID: 7073165

Claim:
A computer-based method for compiling a source code file on a client computer, the source code file being stored on a remote server computer and being accessible via web protocols, the method comprising: (a) accepting a manually specified compile command, the compile command including a set of parameters, the set of parameters including an identifier corresponding to the source code file; and (b) executing by a compiler entirely stored on the client computer a compile procedure corresponding to the compile command, the compile procedure effecting conversion of the source code file into a file executable on the client computer, wherein step (b) includes downloading the source code file from the remote server computer to the client computer using web protocols without executing a manually specified download command, and the conversion of the source code file into a file executable on the client computer by the compiler begins before the source code file has been completely downloaded to the client computer, and further wherein the identifier corresponding to the source code comprises an identifier of executable code, and downloading the source code file comprises transmitting to the remote server the identifier corresponding to executable code and at least one parameter used by the executable code to identify the source code.