Object-oriented system, method and article of manufacture for a client-server state machine in an interprise computing framework system
First Claim
1. A server for a distributed system, comprising:
- (a) a client computer;
(b) a server computer;
(c) a network connecting the client computer to the server computer; and
(d) an execution framework code segment configured to couple the server computer and the client computer via the network, comprising;
(1) a plurality of client computer code segments resident on the server, each for transmission over the network to a client computer to initiate coupling, the client computer code segments comprising a user interface and an object-oriented presentation engine framework including a mediator state machine which receives a plurality of messages, determines which message should be handled by which part of the execution framework, and forwards the message for further processing to the execution framework; and
(2) a plurality of server computer code segments resident on the server which execute on the server in response to initiation of coupling via the network with a particular client utilizing the transmitted client computer code segment for communicating via a particular communication protocol.
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Abstract
An interprise computing manager in which an application is composed of a client (front end) program which communicates utilizing a network with a server (back end) program. The client and server programs are loosely coupled and exchange information using the network. The client program is composed of a User Interface (UI) and an object-oriented framework (Presentation Engine (PE) framework). The UI exchanges data messages with the framework. The framework is designed to handle two types of messages: (1) from the UI, and (2) from the server (back end) program via the network. The framework includes a component, the mediator which manages messages coming into and going out of the framework. The system includes software for a client computer, a server computer and a network for connecting the client computer to the server computer which utilize an execution framework code segment configured to couple the server computer and the client computer via the network, by a plurality of client computer code segments resident on the server, each for transmission over the network to a client computer to initiate coupling; and a plurality of server computer code segments resident on the server which execute on the server in response to initiation of coupling via the network with a particular client utilizing the transmitted client computer code segment for communicating via a particular communication protocol. A mediator state machine is utilized to parse various message types and route the messages to appropriate parts of the execution framework for further processing.
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21 Claims
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1. A server for a distributed system, comprising:
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(a) a client computer; (b) a server computer; (c) a network connecting the client computer to the server computer; and (d) an execution framework code segment configured to couple the server computer and the client computer via the network, comprising; (1) a plurality of client computer code segments resident on the server, each for transmission over the network to a client computer to initiate coupling, the client computer code segments comprising a user interface and an object-oriented presentation engine framework including a mediator state machine which receives a plurality of messages, determines which message should be handled by which part of the execution framework, and forwards the message for further processing to the execution framework; and (2) a plurality of server computer code segments resident on the server which execute on the server in response to initiation of coupling via the network with a particular client utilizing the transmitted client computer code segment for communicating via a particular communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for distributing computing between a server computer system and a client computer system coupled by a network, comprising the steps of:
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(a) responding to a request from a client computer system to a server computer system; (b) downloading an execution framework code segment configured to couple the server computer and the client computer via the network, comprising; (1) a plurality of client computer code segments resident on the server, each for transmission over the network to a client computer to initiate coupling, the client computer code segments comprising a user interface and an object-oriented presentation engine framework including a mediator state machine which receives a plurality of messages, determines which message should be handled by which part of the execution framework, and forwards the message for further processing to the execution framework; and (2) a plurality of server computer code segments resident on the server which execute on the server in response to initiation of coupling via the network with a particular client utilizing the transmitted client computer code segment for communicating via a particular communication protocol; (c) receiving a plurality of messages in the mediator state machine in the client computer code segment; (d) determining which messages should be handled by which part of the execution framework; and (e) forwarding the messages for further processing to the execution framework. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for enabling a distributed computer system, comprising:
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(a) a code segment for responding to a request from a client computer system to a server computer system; and (b) an execution framework code segment configured to couple the server computer and the client computer via the network, comprising; (1) a plurality of client computer code segments resident on the server, each for transmission over the network to a client computer to initiate coupling, the client computer code segments comprising a user interface and an object-oriented presentation engine framework including a mediator state machine which receives a plurality of messages, determines which message should be handled by which part of the execution framework, and forwards the message for further processing to the execution framework; (2) a plurality of server computer code segments resident on the server which execute on the server in response to initiation of coupling via the network with a particular client utilizing the transmitted client computer code segment for communicating via a particular communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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