Computer program for recording and selective playback of a communication involving the hypertext transfer protocol

• US 20020133585A1
• Filed: 03/13/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Douglas R. Deming
• Original Assignee: Douglas R. Deming
• Inventors: Deming, Douglas R.
• Application Number:
  US09/805,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20020133585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

The present invention is a software program for capturing HTTP commands between a client and a remote server application for the purpose of creating an executable recording of HTTP commands as an automated login to the aforementioned remote server application.

The HTTP-API (hypertext transfer protocol application program interface) provides client side users with the ability to use the computer resources of a remote server computer to effect transaction processing and/or the transfer of information from one computer to another without having the absolute need for a web browser, plugins or software languages contained within the server system.

Claims

1. A computer software program for capturing the HTTP commands generated by a user through a web browser to a remote web server, the program comprising:

a) means for capturing HTTP commands;

b) means for storing HTTP commands;

c) means for retrieving HTTP commands; and

d) means for transmitting HTTP commands.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for capturing includes processing means for transcribing HTTP commands.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for storing includes processing means for recording the HTTP commands to a storage media.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for retrieving includes processing means for retrieving HTTP commands from a storage media.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for transmitting includes processing for transmitting HTTP commands to the TCP/IP handler.

6. A computer software program for capturing the HTTP commands generated by a user through a web browser to a remote web server, the program comprising:

a) capturing HTTP commands;

b) storing HTTP commands;

c) retrieving HTTP commands; and

d) transmitting HTTP commands.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said capturing HTTP commands includes processing for transcribing HTTP commands.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said storing HTTP commands includes processing for recording the HTTP commands to a storage media.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for retrieving HTTP commands includes processing for retrieving HTTP commands from a storage media.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein said means for transmitting HTTP commands includes processing for transmitting HTTP commands to the TCP/IP handler.

11. A HTTP-API method consisting of an interactive computer based program for recording HTTP commands between a client-side web browser and a web server.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising processing means for storing the client-side web browser generated and web-server generated HTTP commands on a storage media.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising processing means for retrieving an entity of HTTP session commands from a storage media.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising processing means for executing an entity of HTTP session commands retrieved from a storage media.

16. The computer software program of claim 15, having modified prerecorded HTTP commands for executing functions on a server-side trading system.

17. The computer software program of claim 15, having computer programming code for querying the user of said software for parameter information for completing the embedded HTTP commands.

18. The computer software program of claim 15, having computer programming code for modifying the output of a client-side trading system.

19. The computer software program of claim 15, having computer programming code for querying a user as to selected modifications to be made to the client-side trading system output data.

20. The computer software program of claim 15, having computer programming code for interfacing with a server-side trading system.

15. A computer software program that can be selectively initiated by a user that will act as an interface between a client-side trading system and a server-side trading system.