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Apparatus, methods and computer program products for conducting a persistent session with a host-based application

  • US 5,958,013 A
  • Filed: 09/11/1997
  • Issued: 09/28/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for conducting a session with an application resident on a host computer, the host computer configured to communicate according to a host communications protocol, the system comprising:

  • a computer which is operatively associated with the host computer and which is part of a network including a plurality of resource locations; and

    means for accessing information at said plurality of resource locations from said computer, said means for accessing including means for loading terminal emulation information at said computer from a host access resource location of said plurality of resource locations,wherein said computer is configured to process the loaded terminal emulation information to create a process at the computer that is operative to conduct a session between said computer and the application, the session operative to persist when said computer subsequently accesses a resource location of said plurality of resource locations, the process operative to communicate with the host computer according to the host communications protocol without requiring a protocol conversion between the computer and the host computer.

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