Patent ID: 6898639

Claim:
A distributed-processing system in which a web server entrusts part of a process to a user's computer for accessing a homepage stored in the web server, comprising: in the web server: means for generating a series of commands to perform the part of the process; means for assigning a pattern identifier (ID) to the series of commands; means for transferring the series of commands with the assigned pattern ID to the user's computer; and first means for managing the relation between the series of commands and the assigned pattern ID; wherein the assigning means does not assign a new pattern ID to a series of commands when the same series of commands has been managed by the first managing means, and the transferring means transfers only the pattern ID to the user's computer instead of the series of commands; and in the user's computer: means for receiving one of the series of commands with the corresponding pattern ID or only the pattern ID; means for executing the received series of commands; second means for managing the relation between the series of commands and the corresponding pattern ID received from the transferring means; and means for reading the series of commands assigned with the received pattern ID by referring to the second means for managing when only the pattern ID is received; wherein the executing means executes the read series of commands when only the pattern ID is received.