Web based GUI server and method for a telecommunications node

• US 6,323,881 B1
• Filed: 10/23/1998
• Issued: 11/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Clearinghouse LLC (RPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: Constantin, Mihai, Broulik, Hynek
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayerl, Raymond J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L
• Application Number:
  US09/177,609
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 345/329, 345/333, 345/335, 345/733, 345/762, 345/744, 709/201, 709/203, 709/219, 709/227, 709/311, 709/313, 709/314
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A web based graphical user interface (GUY) server and method for a telecommunications node provides craft user interface capability with regard to remote login. The server is accessed using a PC resident browser thereby providing a standard GUI client that is both economical and in widespread use. A session manager ensures that all requests from a browser relating to a particular session are handled by the same task interface. Up to four concurrent sessions can be run on the telecommunications node. A proxy server provides the capability to access remote nodes via a local node.

Claims

1. A web based graphical user interface (GUI) server for a telecommunications node comprising:

a module for creating a predetermined number of interface tasks at initialization; and

a session manger for establishing a session and associating and activating one of the predetermined number of interface tasks with the session;

the session manager maintaining a plurality of types of session handle for tagging requests from a browser communicating with the telecommunications node, wherein a particular type of session handle is assigned to all requests associated with a particular session, wherein the plurality of types of session handle is the same as the predetermined number of interface tasks.

2. A web based GUI server as claimed in claim 1 wherein the predetermined number is four.

3. A web based graphical user interface (GUI) server for a telecommunications node comprising:

a module for creating a predetermined number of interface tasks at initialization; and

a session manager for establishing a session and associating and activating one of the predetermined number of interface tasks with the session wherein the interface tasks are common gateway interface (CGI) tasks wherein each interface task includes a plurality of queues for storing requests.

4. A web based GUI server as claimed in claim 3 wherein the plurality is two and one queue is for storing a current request and the other is for storing a new request.

5. A method of providing a web based graphical user interface (GUI) to a telecommunications node comprising the steps of:

creating a predetermined number of interface tasks at initialization;

establishing a session; and

associating one of the predetermined number of interface tasks with the session and maintaining a plurality of types of session handle for tagging requests from a browser communicating with the telecommunications node, wherein the plurality of types of session handle is the same as the predetermined number of interface tasks.

6. A method of providing a web based GUI as claimed in claim 5 wherein the step of associating occurs on receipt of a request from a browser communicating with the telecommunications node.

7. A method of providing a web based GUT as claimed in claim 5 wherein the step of associating includes the step of assigning a particular type of session handle to all requests associated with a particular session.

8. A method of providing a web based GUI as claimed in claim 5 wherein the predetermined number is four.

9. A method of providing a web based GUI as claimed in claim 5 wherein the interface tasks are common gateway interface (CGI) tasks.