Patent · US Expired

Web-based virtual computing machine

US6341314B1 · kind B1 · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 1999
Grant dateJan 22, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2209/5015
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a Web based operating system that provides general access to resources distributed throughout the Internet. It provides a graphical user interface through which users may perform common “desktop” operations, such as invoking applications, copying files, and setting sharing attributes of files, and translate them to the operations that are appropriate for the resources that are the target of the request. Additionally, the invention provides a general-purpose attribute store or registry to keep the persistent state needed by the WebTop and other applications, including users preferences, application-invocation information, and application settings and any other attribute-type information.

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