Patent ID: 7480700

Claim:
A computer implemented method for communicating between a client application operating on a client computer and a plurality of server computers, comprising: determining if a client application operation requires a remote entry point; obtaining, at the client computer, a set of remote entry points for at least one remote server computer, the remote entry points in the set of remote entry points pertaining to different operations that are able to be performed at the least one remote server computer; retrieving a particular remote entry point from the set of remote entry points, the particular remote entry point being associated with the client application operation; and directing the client application operation to the remote server in accordance with the particular remote entry point, wherein said retrieving includes at least (i) locating the particular remote entry point having an attribute that matches the client application operation from the set of remote entry points at the client computer, and (ii) retrieving the particular remote entry point that has been located.