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Service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser

  • US 5,752,246 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser client coupled to a network;

  • comprising;

    a control program agent tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a supporting machine environment for performing method steps for receiving a request initiated at said web browser client and fulfilling the request by a providing result, said method steps comprising;

    displaying an HTML document to said web browser;

    invoking a control program agent;

    receiving data entered by the user from the HTML document and passing said user entered data to said control program agent upon invocation as input parameters to said control program agent that were returned from said HTML document;

    using an API set for invoking executable command files accessible via an associated command file object, provided as user entered data for supplying to said control program agent values selected by a user to control the processes of fulfilling a Web request and for determining the nature of a resultant fulfillment of the request from information resources supplied from the World Wide Web.

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