Remote application publication and communication system
First Claim
1. A system for publishing applications for access over the Internet comprising:
- a published application stored on a computer readable medium on a publishing computer;
a service agent stored on a computer readable medium in electronic communication with said published application and also in communication with the Internet; and
a translation file accessible by said service agent containing parameters for identifying the i/o format of said published applications, wherein said service agent communicates with the internet as a client node.
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Abstract
The invention is a system and method for publishing distributed applications accessible over a distributed network without having publishing computer to accept remote procedure calls from clients, and also allow integration between such distributed applications. In one embodiment, the invention includes a remote application computer having a service agent, translation file, and published software application thereon. The service agent provides the ability to identify the remote application computer and communicate with the distributed network, the translation file provides parameters to the service agent for interpreting the data i/o format of the published application, and the published application monitors and reports on conditions of a building or structure'"'"'s environmental, security, and occupancy status.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for publishing applications for access over the Internet comprising:
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a published application stored on a computer readable medium on a publishing computer;
a service agent stored on a computer readable medium in electronic communication with said published application and also in communication with the Internet; and
a translation file accessible by said service agent containing parameters for identifying the i/o format of said published applications, wherein said service agent communicates with the internet as a client node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21, 22)
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9. A system for publishing a remote application comprising:
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a publishing computer having a central processing unit and at least one storage device;
a published application stored on said at least one storage device in electronic communication with said publishing computer;
a translation file stored on said at least one storage device comprising i/o format information for the published application;
a service agent stored in electronic communication with said published application, wherein said service agent interprets data received from said published application through the use of said translation file, wherein said translation file further comprises at least one instruction to publish data; and
a user terminal having a thin-client interface for communicating with said service agent via the Internet.
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10. A method for publishing an application over the Internet comprising:
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providing a publishing computer including a published software application, a translation file, and a service agent;
establishing a connection between said publishing computer and a central server;
reading an instruction to publish data from said translation file by said service agent; and
publishing said data from said service agent to said central server. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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