System for interfacing network applications with different versions of a network protocol by providing base class at session level and invoking subclass from base class at session level
US5966545A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 25, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for allowing a network application to interface with both a first transaction protocol and a second transaction protocol. The system and method provides an object-oriented base class for use by the network application. A first subclass is invoked from the base class when the network application interfaces the first protocol, and a second subclass is invoked from the base class when the network application interfaces the second protocol. The network application is made compatible with the first protocol by invoking the first subclass, and made compatible with the second protocol by invoking the second subclass.
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