Internet protocol intranet network system and method for a financial institution
First Claim
1. A web browser intranet based TCP/IP network for servicing various clients at remote sites comprising:
- at least one remote client computer having a web browser application for viewing data from and inputting data into an ASP function; and
a centralized web server farm communicably linked over a TCP/IP network to said client computer and operable to provide and service the ASP, and said web server farm operable to access through DLLs over the TCP/IP network central data servers and existing mainframe Financial Institution Legacy Systems for servicing client requests through the DHTML ASP.
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Abstract
An web browser-based system and method providing an intranet environment communicably linked to a system containing legacy applications. The web browser-based system comprises a plurality of remotely located client personal computers that are equipped with web browser applications that are communicably linked to centralized web server farms and data servers which are equipped to communicate with a mainframe system having a plurality of legacy applications. The system is specifically adapted to service a plurality of branches of a commercial Financial Institution, specifically a bank. The system provides the ability to service a customer at a client personal computer equipped with a web browser application.
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21 Claims
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1. A web browser intranet based TCP/IP network for servicing various clients at remote sites comprising:
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at least one remote client computer having a web browser application for viewing data from and inputting data into an ASP function; and
a centralized web server farm communicably linked over a TCP/IP network to said client computer and operable to provide and service the ASP, and said web server farm operable to access through DLLs over the TCP/IP network central data servers and existing mainframe Financial Institution Legacy Systems for servicing client requests through the DHTML ASP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for networking at least one client computer using a web browser intranet based TCP/IP network comprising the steps of:
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requesting service for a customer product from a remote client computer having a web browser application communicably linked to an ASP function residing on a centralized web server farm;
inputting data to the ASP function; and
servicing the request using DHTML from the ASP where the web server farm is communicably linked to said client computer and where said server farm accesses through DLLs over a TCP/IP network central data servers and existing mainframe Financial Institution Legacy Systems. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. An electronically programmable and computer readable medium having executable instructions for servicing web browser based client requests performing steps comprising:
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inputting from a client computer having a web browser application requests for forms to the ASP function over a TCP/IP network;
outputting back to client computer requested forms as DHTML documents over the TCP/IP network;
inputting data entered into forms at the client computer to the ASP;
calling necessary Business component with the ASP;
initiating with the Business component service through a communication component;
outputting requests through communication component over the TCP/IP network to an appropriate centralized data server and to an existing Financial Institution Mainframe Legacy System. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A centralized server farm having an ASP function residing thereon for servicing a client computer in a web browser based TCP/IP network comprising:
an ASP function residing on a centralized server farm;
said ASP function operable to input requests for forms from a client computer over a TCP/IP network and output requested forms as DHTML documents over the TCP/IP network to a web browser interface of the client computer; and
said ASP function further operable to input data in the form of inputs to the DHTML document from the client computer and said ASP function operable to service the client computer responsive to the data inputs by being communicably linkable over the TCP/IP network to Data Servers and to an existing Mainframe Legacy System through a Business component DLL. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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13. In a client computer system having a web browser application and having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface, a method of providing an ASP generated DHTML document for servicing client requests comprising the steps of:
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presenting on a graphical user interface a first DHTML document screen using a browser application for prompting a user request;
inputting through a user interface using the browser application a request in the form of data inputs to the DHTML document and transmitting the request through the browser application over a TCP/IP network to an ASP function on a centralized server farm which is communicably linked to centralized data servers and an existing financial institution Mainframe Legacy System for servicing user requests; and
servicing through the ASP the user request by acquiring information from the centralized data servers and the mainframe and by presenting a second DHTML document screen on the graphical user interface containing the information acquired.
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16. A method of communicating between a client computer having a web browser application and a Mainframe Legacy System comprising the steps of:
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inputting service request from a client computer over a TCP/IP network to a centralized server farm;
outputting the requests from the server farm to centralized data servers and an existing financial institution Mainframe Legacy System and initiating the appropriate functions on the data servers and the mainframe for servicing the requests;
inputting to the server farm information responsive to the request from the data servers and the Mainframe Legacy Systems; and
outputting from the server farm DHTML documents to the client computer responsive to the service requests.
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19. A method for networking one or more client computers to an existing financial institution Mainframe Legacy System using a web browser intranet based TCP/IP network comprising the steps of:
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sending a request from a communication component DLL residing on a centralized server farm over a TCP/IP network to a communication interface of an existing financial institution Mainframe Legacy System responsive to a request from a client computer;
receiving a response from the communication interface of the Mainframe Legacy System to the communication component residing on the centralized server farm; and
forwarding the response as a DHTML document to the client computer.
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