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

US6697848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 1999
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2019

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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