System and method for enabling graphic applications in an interactive programming model
US6738817B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Graphics enabled applications run on a text-based host server by allowing a client application running at a workstation to inform the server of this session (1) that it, the client application, is graphics capable and (2) the IP address and port(s) it is waiting on; and then by having the server set capability indicia, such as rwt attributes, in the operating system for this session to indicate the (1) the client is graphics enabled, (2) the IP address and port(s) it is waiting on, (3) optionally, the path to an application to be automatically launched.
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