Server apparatus for distributed communications supporting multiple user/application environment

• US 6,233,590 B1
• Filed: 12/05/1997
• Issued: 05/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Steven M Shaw, Venson M. Shaw
• Original Assignee: Steven M Shaw, Venson M. Shaw
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson M., Shaw, Steven M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US08/985,769
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/501, 707/503, 707/500, 707/530, 709/200, 345/331
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence

Abstract

A server system for distributed communications which supports a multiple user/application environment, comprising a user/application system for interfacing a multiple user/application environment; a input/decoding means for receiving and converting an external information to a selective internal format; a parsing means for marking said information according to its organization, and further providing access to each segment of said information for producing a segmented information; and a subject input/evaluation means for receiving a plurality of subject of interest requests from said user/application system, and performing evaluation on said segmented information in order to determine whether it is relevant to any of said list of subject of interest.

Claims

1. A server system for distributed communications which supports a multiple user/application environment, said server system comprising:

user/application system for interfacing and/or supporting a multiple user/application environment;

input/decoding means for receiving an external information and converting said information to a selective internal format;

parsing means connected to said input/decoding means for marking each segment of said information according to its organization, and further providing access to each segment of said information for producing a segmented information;

subject input/evaluation means for receiving a plurality of subject of interest requests from said user/application system;

said subject input/evaluation means further connected to said parsing means for receiving said segmented information and performing evaluation in order to determine whether it is relevant to any of said list of subject of interest;

procedure means for producing corresponding high level procedures for communications, database management, or operating system support for distributed processing, storage, retrieval, transmission, or manipulation of said segmented information;

flow control means connected to said procedure means for directing all operation sequences which continue and remain within same segmented information as a normal execution, and directing those operation sequences which require exit from present segmented information as an exception execution;

stack means connected to said flow control means for constructing a normal processing stack and an exception processing stack, wherein said normal processing stack retains all of said normal operation sequences, and said exception processing stack retains all of said exception operation sequences;

execution means connected to said stack means for direct look-up and execution of said normal and said exception processing stack;

change management means connected to said flow control means for predicting the forthcoming exception operation sequence, and look-ahead to perform content switch to the exception processing stack, said change management means further connected to said execution means for direct look up and preparation for forthcoming exception execution during normal execution sequence, and

output/encoding means for transmitting said segmented information to external user/application system, and converting said segmented information according to selective external format directed by said user/application.

2. A server system as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:

transaction control means connected to said change management means for examining entire execution path prior to run time for each segmented information, and determining the appropriate transaction time requirement for internal processing and external transmission of said segmented information, during run time, said transaction control means further modifying remaining transaction time requirement to adapt with change of external user/application, and/or network requirement or internal processing/storage capabilities.

3. A server system in accordance with claim 1 further including a scoping means connected to said subject input/evaluation means for assigning variables or parameters for each of said segmented information.

4. A server system in accordance with claim 3, wherein said scoping means connected to said subject input/evaluation means for receiving subject of interest from user/application system and assigning said subject of interest as variables or parameters for each of said segmented information.

5. A server system in accordance with claim 4, wherein said scoping means further assigning individual subject of interest as a local variable and common subject of interest as a global variable for each of said segmented information.

6. A server system in accordance with claim 3 further including a confirmation means connected to said scoping means for informing selective said user/application system that relevant information have been identified which confirm its particular subject of interest request.

7. A server system in accordance with claim 6 further including storage/retrieval means for storing said information in preparation for receiving a information retrieval request from said user/application system.

8. A server system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said parsing means connected to said input/decoding means further comprising means for marking or partitioning said information according to its logical organization, and further providing access to each logical segment of said information for producing a logical segmented information.

9. A server system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said information further represent document, content, media, program, software, applications, or services.

10. A document server system in accordance with claim 1 further including bandwidth control means connected to said output/encoding means for determining adjusting format, compression ratio, frame rate, and/or display resolution for each segment of said information whenever a shortage of transmission, processing, and/or storage bandwidth occurs.

11. A server system for distributed communications which supports a multiple user/application environment, said server system comprising:

input means for receiving a selective one or plurality of information;

segmentation means for partitioning said information according to a selective organization, said means producing a segmented information;

procedure means for producing corresponding high level procedures for communications, database management, or operating system support for distributed processing, storage, retrieval, transmission, or manipulation of each of said segmented information, and

flow control means connected to said procedure means for directing all operation sequences which continue and remain within the same segmented information as a normal execution, and directing those operation sequences which require exit from present segmented information as an exception execution.

12. A server system in accordance with claim 11, further including a stack means connected to said flow control means for constructing a normal processing stack and an exception processing stack, wherein said normal processing stack retains all of said normal operation sequences, and said exception processing stack retains all of said exception operation sequences.

13. A server system in accordance with claim 12, further including an execution means connected to said stack means for direct look-up and execution of said normal and said exception processing stack.

14. A server system in accordance with claim 11, further including a change management means connected to said flow control means for predicting forthcoming exception operation sequence, and look-ahead to perform content switch to exception processing stack.

15. A server system in accordance with claim 13, further including a change management means connected to said execution means for direct look up and preparation for forthcoming exception execution during normal execution sequence.

16. A server system as set forth in claim 14 further including:

transaction control means connected to said change management means for examining entire execution path prior to run time for each segmented information, and determining appropriate transaction time requirement for internal processing and external transmission of said segmented information.

17. A server system as set forth in claim 16, wherein during run time, said transaction control means further modify remaining transaction time requirement to adapt with change of external user/application, and/or network requirement or internal processing/storage capabilities, comprising:

bandwidth control means connected to a output/encoding means for determining/adjusting format, compression ratio, frame rate, and/or display resolution for each segment of said information whenever shortage of transmission, processing, and/or storage bandwidth occurs.