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Web user interface session and sharing of session environment information

  • US 6,308,212 B1
  • Filed: 05/29/1998
  • Issued: 10/23/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for sharing session environment information with Java applets during a Web user interface session, comprising:

  • invoking a universal resource locator by a Web browser;

    sending a request to a Web server to start a common gateway interface program identified by the universal resource locator, wherein the common gateway interface program is linked with a C session application programming interface library that contains a plurality of C session application programming interface calls;

    providing a session number to a session manager program that maintains a plurality of session properties of an environment of the Web user interface session by an interprocess communication mechanism in order to validate the Web user interface session;

    if the session manager identifies the Web user interface session, returning the plurality of session properties of the environment from the session manager program to the C session application programming interface library;

    providing the plurality of session properties from the C session application programming interface library to the common gateway interface program; and

    providing the plurality of session properties from the common gateway interface program to a Java applet through the Web server and the Web browser.

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