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Method and apparatus for enabling application programs to communicate with network clients and servers

US6009464A · kind A · utility

150Cited by
10References
70Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1995
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/465
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for enabling an application program to communicate with a network server, includes the steps of downloading a document from a document server to the application program, downloading code from a code server associated with the document server to the application program, the code including a network protocol handler for the network server, and using the network protocol handler to communicate with the network server.

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