One to many mapping of application service provision

• US 20020184377A1
• Filed: 09/12/2001
• Published: 12/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Progress Software Corporation
• Original Assignee: Progress Software Corporation
• Inventors: Flavin, James D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,398,195 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1029 using data related to the state of servers by a load balancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1031 Controlling of the operation of servers by a load balancer, e.g. adding or removing servers that serve requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/288 Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A method provides a demonstration capability for a plurality of network coupled users by which many users can watch a primary user interact with an application. The method includes providing an application to a primary user from an application server over a network and translating output from the application into a broadcast protocol. The broadcast protocol is then translated into a browser protocol transmitted over a network for rendering by browsers at a plurality of network attached computers.

Claims

1. A method for providing a demonstration to a plurality of network coupled users of a remotely provided application, comprising:

providing an application to a primary user from an application server over a network;

translating output from the application into a broadcast protocol;

translating the broadcast protocol into a browser protocol; and

transmitting the output over a network for rendering by browsers at a plurality of network attached computers.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

making the output available from an address on the network.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the address is an internet protocol address.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a session identifier and password from at least some of the network attached computers via the address on the network; and

authenticating the network attached computers based on the session identifier; and

only making the output available to authenticated network attached computers.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

selecting the output made available based on the session identifier.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast protocol is the virtual network connect protocol.

7. A system for providing a broadcast of a software application that is remotely provided to a primary user to a plurality of network coupled users, comprising:

a server providing an application to a primary user over a network, the server including a broadcast protocol engine for translating output from the application into a broadcast protocol; and

a second server for receiving the output in the broadcast protocol, translating the broadcast protocol into a browser protocol, and transmitting the output over the network for rendering by browsers at a plurality of network attached computers.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the broadcast protocol is the virtual network connect protocol.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the browser protocol is the remote display protocol.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the second server receives a session identifier and password from at least some of the network attached computers, authenticates the network attached computers based on the session identifier, and only transmits the output to authenticated network attached computers.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the second server selects the output transmitted based on the session identifier.