Software application agent interface
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating communication between a server process and a series of application processes comprising:
- a server process;
a first agent;
a first application process; and
, a control unit, said control unit includes an agent list and a server aware list, which together determine whether said first application process and said server have already established a link.
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Abstract
A software application system and method for facilitating the communication in a distributed computer environment among different processes active on the same or different computing platforms. In an embodiment of the invention, a server process running on a first computer system communicates with an application process running on the same computer via an application agent. The agent is designed specifically to work with a particular application, and translates or otherwise relays requests from the server process to the application process, and vice versa. The method is advantageous in that changes to the application process may be compensated for by updating the application agent only—no changes are required at the server process level. This allows rapid deployment of new or updated application throughout the enterprise.
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15 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating communication between a server process and a series of application processes comprising:
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a server process;
a first agent;
a first application process; and
,a control unit, said control unit includes an agent list and a server aware list, which together determine whether said first application process and said server have already established a link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for facilitating communication between a server process and a series of application processes comprising:
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providing a server process;
providing a first agent;
providing a first application process; and
,providing a control unit, said control unit includes an agent list and a server aware list, which together determine whether said first application process and said server have already established a link.
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