Web interface

• US 20030046364A1
• Filed: 07/16/2001
• Published: 03/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Allen Smith, Lonnie Sisco, Randy Clark
• Original Assignee: Allen Smith, Lonnie Sisco, Randy Clark
• Inventors: Clark, Randy, Smith, Allen, Sisco, Lonnie
• Application Number:
  US09/904,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20030046364A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web

Abstract

A system and method for interfacing between Baan software applications and the Internet. The system includes a web page for inputting data into a graphical user interface, an Active X DLL program for compiling the data, a Baan application function server for receiving the data from the Active X DLL program, and Baan software objects for receiving the data from the Baan application function server.

Claims

1. A method for accessing a Baan server, comprising the steps of:

sending data from a Visual Basic program to a Baan server;

receiving the data at the Baan server; and

storing information in the Baan server in response to the received data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the Visual Basic program is an Active X DLL program.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

accessing the Visual Basic program, which is resident on a server, from a computer over a network link.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said network link is an Internet.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein said accessing step is accomplished through a web page developed using Active Server Pages (ASP) script.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said Baan server provides data services for automotive service applications.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said network link is an Internet.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the Visual Basic program is an Active X DLL program.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said accessing step is accomplished using a remote network access program.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the remote access program is CITRIX.

11. A system for accessing a Baan server, comprising:

a network server containing a Visual Basic program; and

a Baan server, wherein the Visual Basic program is used to access the Baan server.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said network server is an Internet server.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said network server, further contains a web page developed using ASP script, and wherein said web page is used to provide information to said Visual Basic program for accessing said Baan server.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a computer for accessing said network server.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said user accesses said network server using a remote network program.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote network program is CITRIX.

17. A system for accessing Baan, comprising:

a computer means for accessing a network server;

a network server means for accessing a Baan server through a Visual Basic program; and

a Baan software means for managing and processing data as directed by the computer means.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer means utilizes an Internet to access the network server.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the data is automotive data.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the data is at least one of financial, manufacturing, and distribution data.