Terminal emulation over HTML

• US 10,033,797 B1
• Filed: 08/20/2014
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivanti, Inc. (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ivanti, Inc. (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alger, Daniel Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Serrao, Ranodhi
• Application Number:
  US14/464,369
• Time in Patent Office: 1,434 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

A method for converting data between two data transfer protocols is described. The method includes receiving first HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) enabled data from a first computer system. The method also includes converting the first HTTP-enabled data obtained from the first computer system to first remote terminal session data. The method also includes sending the first remote terminal session data to a second computer system via a remote terminal session.

Claims

1. A method for converting data between two data transfer protocol types, comprising:

receiving first HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-enabled data from a first mobile device via a first web browser, wherein the first HTTP-enabled data comprises frontend data collected using one or more of a barcode scanner, a credit card scanner, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag scanner, the first HTTP-enabled data not converted from Telnet protocol-enabled data at the first mobile device prior to the receiving;

converting the first HTTP-enabled data obtained from the first mobile device to first remote terminal session data;

sending the first remote terminal session data to a computer system via a first remote terminal session;

receiving second HTTP-enabled data from a second mobile device via a second web browser;

converting the second HTTP-enabled data to second remote terminal session data; and

sending the second remote terminal session data to the computer system via a second remote terminal session different from the first remote terminal session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the Telnet protocol-enabled data is first Telnet protocol-enabled data; and

the first remote terminal session data comprises second Telnet protocol-enabled data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the method is implemented by an emulator running on an intermediate computer system; and

the intermediate computer system is in electronic communication with the first mobile device and the computer system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the emulator comprises:

a first component that appears as a web server to the first web browser running on the first mobile device; and

a second component that appears as a remote terminal session client to a remote terminal session server running on the computer system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the Telnet protocol-enabled data is first Telnet protocol-enabled data;

the first remote terminal session data comprises second Telnet protocol-enabled data;

the remote terminal session client comprises a Telnet client; and

the remote terminal session server comprises a Telnet server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the computer system comprises a mainframe computer system; and

the first remote terminal session data is sent to a software application running on the computer system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving third remote terminal session data from the computer system via the first remote terminal session;

converting the third remote terminal session data to third HTTP-enabled data; and

sending the third HTTP-enabled data to the first mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing the first remote terminal session with the computer system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first remote terminal session is a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection.

10. A computing device configured for converting data between two data transfer protocol types, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to;

receive first HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-enabled data from a first mobile device via a first web browser, wherein the first HTTP-enabled data comprises frontend data collected using one or more of a barcode scanner, a credit card scanner, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag scanner, the first HTTP-enabled data not converted from Telnet protocol-enabled data at the first mobile device prior to the receiving;

convert the first HTTP-enabled data obtained from the first mobile device to first remote terminal session data;

send the first remote terminal session data to a computer system via a first remote terminal session;

receive second HTTP-enabled data from a second mobile device via a second web browser;

convert the second HTTP-enabled data to second remote terminal session data; and

send the second remote terminal session data to the computer system via a second remote terminal session different from the first remote terminal session.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein:

the Telnet protocol-enabled data is first Telnet protocol-enabled data; and

the first remote terminal session data comprises second Telnet protocol-enabled data.

12. The computing device of claim 10, wherein:

the instructions are part of an emulator running on the computing device; and

the computing device is in electronic communication with the first mobile device and the computer system.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the emulator comprises:

a first component that appears as a web server to the first web browser running on the first mobile device; and

a second component that appears as a remote terminal session client to a remote terminal session server running on the computer system.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein:

the Telnet protocol-enabled data is first Telnet protocol-enabled data;

the first remote terminal session data comprises second Telnet protocol-enabled data;

the remote terminal session client comprises a Telnet client; and

the remote terminal session server comprises a Telnet server.

15. The computing device of claim 10, wherein:

the computer system comprises a mainframe computer system; and

the first remote terminal session data is sent to a software application running on the computer system.

16. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that are executable to:

receive third remote terminal session data from the computer system via the first remote terminal session;

convert the third remote terminal session data to third HTTP-enabled data; and

send the third HTTP-enabled data to the first mobile device.

17. The computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that are executable to establish the first remote terminal session with the computer system.