Client/server communication system
First Claim
1. A method of increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the method comprising the following steps:
- intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link;
converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol;
transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the second computer over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream;
receiving the client/server specific data stream transmitted over the external communication link;
reconstructing the HTTP data stream corresponding to the communication from the web browser from the client/server specific data stream received over the external communication link by converting the client/server specific data stream received in the client/server specific communication protocol to an HTTP data stream; and
providing the communication originated by the web browser to the web server as an HTTP data stream.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and program product for increasing the performance of a client/server system having a client application resident on a first computer and communicating with a server application resident on a second computer remote from the first computer. The client application and the server application utilize a client/server independent communication protocol for communication between the client and the server and at least one segment of the communication between the client application in the first computer and the server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link. The method, apparatus and program product intercept communications in the client/server independent communication protocol originated by the remote client prior to transmission of the communications on the external communication link and convert the communication originated by the client to a second client/server specific communication protocol. The converted communication is transmitted over the external communication link and received from the communication transmitted over the external communication link. The communication received over the external communication link is converted from the client server specific communication protocol to the client/server independent communication protocol and the communication originated by the remote client is provided to the server in the client/server independent communication protocol. Differencing, caching or protocol reduction techniques increase performance over the external communication link. The applications may be a web browser and a web server and may communicate over a wireless communication link.
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Citations
129 Claims
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1. A method of increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the method comprising the following steps:
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intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the second computer over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream; receiving the client/server specific data stream transmitted over the external communication link; reconstructing the HTTP data stream corresponding to the communication from the web browser from the client/server specific data stream received over the external communication link by converting the client/server specific data stream received in the client/server specific communication protocol to an HTTP data stream; and providing the communication originated by the web browser to the web server as an HTTP data stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the method comprising the following steps:
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intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; and transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the web server over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the apparatus comprising:
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means for intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; means for converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; means for transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the second computer over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream; means for receiving the client/server specific data stream transmitted over the external communication link; means for reconstructing the HTTP data stream corresponding to the communication from the web browser from the client/server specific data stream received over the external communication link by converting the client/server specific data stream received in the client/server specific communication protocol to an HTTP data stream; and means for providing the communication originated by the web browser to the web server as an HTTP data stream. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A computer program product for increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link comprising:
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computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising; computer-readable program code means for intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; computer readable program code means for converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; computer readable program code means for transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the second computer over the external communication-link as a client/server specific data stream; computer readable program code means for receiving the client/server specific data stream transmitted over the external communication link; computer readable program code means for reconstructing the HTTP data stream corresponding to the communication from the web browser from the client/server specific data stream received over the external communication link by converting the client/server specific data stream received in the client/server specific communication protocol to an HTTP data stream; and computer readable program code means for providing the communication originated by the web browser to the web server as an HTTP data stream. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. An apparatus for increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, comprising:
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means for intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; means for converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; and means for transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the web server over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A computer program product for increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, comprising:
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computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising; computer readable program code means for intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web browser prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; computer readable program code means for converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web browser from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; and computer readable program code means for transmitting the converted web browser originated communication to the web server over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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100. A method of increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the method comprising the following steps:
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intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web server prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web server from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; and transmitting the converted web server originated communication to the web browser over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream. - View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. An apparatus for increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the apparatus comprising:
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means for intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web server prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; means for converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web server from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; and means for transmitting the converted web server originated communication to the web browser over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream. - View Dependent Claims (109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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116. A computer program product for increasing the performance of a web browser application resident on a first computer and communicating using the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) with a web server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer where at least one segment of the communication between the web browser application in the first computer and the web server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link comprising:
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computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising; computer readable program code means for intercepting the HTTP data stream corresponding to a communication originated by the web server prior to transmission of the HTTP data stream on the external communication link; computer readable program code means for converting the HTTP data stream originated by the web server from the HTTP protocol to a client/server specific communication protocol; and computer readable program code means for transmitting the converted web server originated communication to the web browser over the external communication link as a client/server specific data stream. - View Dependent Claims (117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123)
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124. A method of increasing the performance of a client/server system having a client application resident on a first computer and communicating with a server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer wherein said client application and said server application utilize a client/server independent communication protocol for communication between the client and the server and where at least one segment of the communication between the client application in the first computer and the server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the method comprising the following steps:
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intercepting communications in the client/server independent communication protocol originated by the remote client prior to transmission of the communications on the external communication link; converting the communication originated by the client to a second client/server specific communication protocol; transmitting the converted communication over the external communication link; receiving the communication transmitted over the external communication link; converting the communication received over the external communication link from the client server specific communication protocol to the client/server independent communication protocol; and providing the communication originated by the remote client to the server in the client/server independent communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (125)
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126. An apparatus for increasing the performance of a client/server system having a client application resident on a first computer and communicating with a server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer wherein said client application and said server application utilize a client/server independent communication protocol for communication between the client and the server and where at least one segment of the communication between the client application in the first computer and the server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the apparatus comprising:
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means for intercepting communications in the client/server independent communication protocol originated by the remote client prior to transmission of the communications on the external communication link; means for converting the communication originated by the client to a second client/server specific communication protocol; means for transmitting the converted communication over the external communication link; means for receiving the communication transmitted over the external communication link; means for converting the communication received over the external communication link from the client server specific communication protocol to the client/server independent communication protocol; and means for providing the communication originated by the remote client to the server in the client/server independent communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (127)
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128. A computer program product for increasing the performance of a client/server system having a client application resident on a first computer and communicating with a server application resident on a second computer remote from said first computer wherein said client application and said server application utilize a client/server independent communication protocol for communication between the client and the server and where at least one segment of the communication between the client application in the first computer and the server application in the second computer occurs over an external communication link, the computer program product comprising:
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computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising; computer readable program code means for intercepting communications in the client/server independent communication protocol originated by the remote client prior to transmission of the communications on the external communication link; computer readable program code means for converting the communication originated by the client to a second client/server specific communication protocol; computer readable program code means for transmitting the converted communication over the external communication link; computer readable program code means for receiving the communication transmitted over the external communication link; computer readable program code means for converting the communication received over the external communication link from the client server specific communication protocol to the client/server independent communication protocol; and computer readable program code means for providing the communication originated by the remote client to the server in the client/server independent communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (129)
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