METHOD FOR SHARING COMMUNICATION INFORMATION USING LOCAL PROXY

• US 20070282965A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kataoka, Katsuhisa
• Application Number:
  US11/752,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing

Abstract

A method for sharing communication information using a local proxy that operates in the same process as a browser operating on a terminal. A method includes a local proxy that operates on a terminal operating as a proxy for communication between an application operating on the terminal and a server, the local proxy operating in a browser process space on the terminal. An application operating in a separate process transmits data to the local proxy which transmits the data through the browser to the server. The local proxy receives processed data from the server through the browser, and transmits the processed data to the application.

Claims

1. A method for sharing communication information in a client-server system operated by a network application, comprising:

operating a local proxy on a client, as a proxy for communication between an application operating on the client and a server, the local proxy operating in a same process as a browser operating on the client;

operating an application in a process different from the process of the local proxy;

receiving in the local proxy data transmitted by the application, and transmitting the data from the local proxy through the browser to the server; and

receiving by the local proxy processed data from the server through the browser, and transmitting the processed data to the application.

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

in response to receiving a request for activating the application from a user, activating the local proxy.

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

in response to receiving a request for activating the application from a user, loading the local proxy from the server and activating the loaded local proxy.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the local proxy is implemented using a software program related to an application operating on the browser.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication performed by the local proxy is performed using HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the local proxy sets the application in the client as a communication destination and communicates only with the application.

7. A system for sharing communication information in a client-server system operated by a network application, comprising:

a browser that operates on a client; and

a local proxy that operates on the client, the local proxy operating as a proxy for communication between an application operating on the client and a server, the local proxy operating in a process of the browser operating on the client,

wherein the application operates in a process different from the process of the local proxy, and wherein

the local proxy includes;

a data receiving unit for receiving data transmitted by the application;

a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data to the server,

a processed data receiving unit for receiving processed data from the server, and

a processed data transmitting unit for transmitting the processed data to the application.

8. A computer program product for causing a computer to execute a method for sharing communication information in a client-server system operated by a network application, the computer program product comprising:

a local proxy that operates on a client as a proxy for communication between an application operating on the client and a server, and operating in a process of a browser operating on the client;

the application operating in a process different from the process of the local proxy;

the local proxy receiving data transmitted by the application, and transmitting the data to the server; and

the local proxy receiving processed data from the server, and transmitting the processed data to the application.