Method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests
First Claim
1. A method for distributed task fulfillment of requests of a requesting web based agent with a command file agent tangibly embodying a program set of instructions executable by a supporting machine environment for performing required method steps and fulfilling the request by providing a result, said method steps comprising:
- receiving at said command file agent a submit command from a control program agent in preparation for providing said result to pass to said command file agent as a command file variable for use in naming said result which will be created by said command file agent, which result said command file agent will create that result with a unique result name during execution of said command file agent,processing by said command file agent a series of linked objects according to a specified flow sequence within a distributed data environment specified by said command file agent, including executing functions specified in said command file agent including data retrieval and processing, andin the process storing the result of said processing as said unique named result during execution of said command file agent.
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Abstract
A World Wide Web browser makes requests to web servers on a network which receive and fulfill requests as an agent of the browser client, organizing distributed sub-agents as distributed integration solution (DIS) servers on an intranet network supporting the web server which also has an access agent servers accessible over the Internet. DIS servers execute selected capsule objects which perform programmable functions upon a received command from a web server control program agent for retrieving, from a database gateway coupled to a plurality of database resources upon a single request made from a Hypertext document, requested information from multiple data bases located at different types of databases geograhically dispersed, performing calculations, formatting, and other services prior to reporting to the web browser or to other locations, in a selected format, as in a display, fax, printer, and to customer installations or to TV video subscribers, with account tracking.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for distributed task fulfillment of requests of a requesting web based agent with a command file agent tangibly embodying a program set of instructions executable by a supporting machine environment for performing required method steps and fulfilling the request by providing a result, said method steps comprising:
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receiving at said command file agent a submit command from a control program agent in preparation for providing said result to pass to said command file agent as a command file variable for use in naming said result which will be created by said command file agent, which result said command file agent will create that result with a unique result name during execution of said command file agent, processing by said command file agent a series of linked objects according to a specified flow sequence within a distributed data environment specified by said command file agent, including executing functions specified in said command file agent including data retrieval and processing, and in the process storing the result of said processing as said unique named result during execution of said command file agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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