Patent ID: 7103671

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a browser system coupled to a communication network; a first server system coupled to the communication network and having a plurality of first processes and a first proxy group, the first proxy group having a first shared memory and a first proxy, the first shared memory having a plurality of first slots, each first slot being assigned to one of the plurality of first processes and configured to store data transmitted by or to be received by the assigned first process, the first server system further including a plurality of process mark devices and a single proxy mark device to regulate the data flow of the first proxy group; and a second server system coupled to the communication network and having a plurality of second processes and a second proxy group, the second proxy group having a second shared memory and a second proxy, wherein the first proxy and the second proxy are configured to form a communication link with the other, wherein the first server system functions as a client with respect to the second server system, and the first server system functions as a server with respect to the browser system.