Method and system for a distributed network computing system for providing application services

• US 6,457,040 B1
• Filed: 01/15/1999
• Issued: 09/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Utsumi, Masaki, Mizuhara, Toru, Yamagami, Toshiyuki, Ueda, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Barot, Bharat
• Application Number:
  US09/231,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20020042829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201-203, 709/206-207, 709/216-219, 709/227-229, 709/238-240, 709/249-250, 709/223-224, 370/400-401, 455/412, 455/418-420, 455/445, 455/461, 455/464, 379/201-204, 379/219, 713/200-201, 713/182-183
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The server computer 155 is provided with an access section 151, a security section 152, a application function conversion section 153, application service supply section 154 and a remote agent 155 therein. The data terminals 13 is provided with a local agent 131, client software 132, key management client 133, enciphering section 134 therein. In this way, the server computer 15 and the data terminals 13 connected through a network 14 can realize a countermeasure for the circuit breakdown and an improvement of the security function regarding the data cache function and vicarious login.

Claims

1. A distributed network computing system comprising;

a server computer, which supplies an application service;

various kinds of terminals that request access to the application services, which receive the application services from said server computer; and

a communication network, which connects said server computer with said terminals;

said server computer further including a data exchange apparatus including;

an access control means which controls the connection of said terminals with said server computer,

a security control means which judges verification of said terminals connected by said access control means, and

a contents converting means, which converts the services contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals judged by said security control means into a format suitable for each of said terminals.

5. A distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3, or 4 wherein said security control means, said access control means and said contents converting means are provided with a unified view regarding the terminals, which is accessing, by issuing a new identifier by said security control means.

6. A distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 1,2,3, or 4 wherein said contents converting means is provided with a means to convert the data into the format suitable for said terminals based upon a communication system used by said terminals.

2. A distributed network computing system comprising:

a server computer, which supplies an application server;

various kinds of terminals that request access to the application services, which receive the application services from said server computer; and

a communication network, which connects said server computer with said terminals;

said server computer further including a data exchange apparatus including;

an access control means which controls the connection of said terminals with said server computer,

a security control means which judges verification of said terminals connected by said access control means,

a contents converting means, which converts a services contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals judged by said security control means into a format suitable for each of said terminals; and

a connection control means, which controls the connecting condition of said terminals with said server computer and controls to supply the services contents of the data converted by said contents converting means based upon said connecting condition.

7. A distributed network computing system as claimed in claims 2,3, or 4 wherein said connection control means is provided with a means to enable data transmission to continue from an interrupted point at the time of a break-down of the circuit, based upon a record of the data conversion by said contents converting means and a record of the connecting condition with said terminals.

3. A distributed network computing system comprising:

a server computer, which supplies an application service;

various kinds of terminals that requesting access to the application services, which receive the application services from said server computer; and

a communication network, which connects said server computer with said terminals;

said server computer including a data exchange apparatus including;

an access control means which controls the connection from said terminals;

a security control means which judges verification of said terminals connected by said access control means,

a contents converting means, which converts a services contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals judged by said security control means into a format suitable for each of said terminals,

a connection control means, which controls the connecting condition of said terminals with said server computer and controls to supply the services contents of the data converted by said contents converting means based upon said connecting condition, and

a control means for controlling said terminals so that said terminals are enabled to decipher specific data, when said terminals is in conjunction with said data exchange apparatus through a network and made a request for an access to the specific data by meeting the specified conditions.

8. A distributed network computing system as claimed is claim 3 or 4 wherein said data exchange apparatus is provided with a remote agent function executing means, while at least one of the various kinds of terminals is provided with a local agent function as a client, and said data exchange apparatus and said terminals are provided with a means to execute a data cache function.

9. A distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 3 or 4 wherein said data exchange apparatus is provided with an executing means for a remote agent function as a server, while at least one of the various kinds of terminals is provided with a local agent function as a client, and said data exchange apparatus and said terminals are enabled to execute a function of data exchange processing without giving any change in a relation of server/client.

10. A distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 3 or 4 wherein said access control mean is able to procure data regarding a communication record or log data.

4. A distributed network computing system comprising:

a server computer, which supplies an application service;

various kinds of terminals that request access to the application services, which receive the application services from said server computer; and

a communication network, which connects said server computer with said terminals;

said server computer further including a data exchange apparatus including;

an access control means which controls the connection of said terminals with said server computer,

a security control means which judges verification of said terminals connected by said access control means, a contents converting means, which converts a services contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals judged by said security control means into a format suitable for each of said terminals,

a connection control means, which controls the connection condition of said terminals with said server computer and controls to supply the services contents of the data converted by said contents converting means based upon said connecting condition,

a first control means for controlling said terminals so that said terminals are enabled to decipher specific data, and

a second control means that executes a verification process by means of a proper system and controls a login process suitable for the terminals, when said terminals are in connection with said data exchange apparatus through the communication network and made a request for an access to the specific data by meeting specified conditions.

11. A system for a distributed network computing system for providing application services, comprising:

an access control means which controls a connection process from one or more terminals requesting access to the application services which exist in a network and receive a supply of application services,

a security control means which judges a verification of said terminals connected by the access control means; and

a contents converting means which converts contents of the application services into a format suitable for the terminals judged by data from the security control means.

15. A system for a distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 11, 12, 13, 14, wherein said security control means, said access control means and said contents converting means are provided with a unified view regarding the terminals, which is accessing by issuing a new identifier by said security control means.

16. A system for a distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 11, 12, 13, 14, wherein said contents converting means is provided with a means to convert the data into the format suitable for said terminals depending upon a communication system used by said terminals.

17. A system for a distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 11, 12, 13, 14, wherein at least one of the terminals is provided with a local agent function and a remote agent function means which enable data cache function with said terminals.

12. A system for a distributed network computing system for providing application services, comprising:

an access control means which controls a connection process from terminals requesting an access which exist in a network and receive a supply of application services,

a security control means which judges a verification of said terminals connected by the access control means;

a contents converting means which converts the content of the application services into a format suitable for each of the terminals judged by data from the security control means; and

a connection control means which controls a connecting condition of the terminals so as to supply services contents converted by said contents converting means based upon said connecting condition.

13. A system for a distributed network computing system for providing application services, comprising:

an access control means which controls a connection process from terminals requesting access to the application services which exist in a network and receive a supply of application services,

a security control means which judges verification of said terminals connected by the access control means,

a contents converting means which converts the content of the application services into a format suitable for each of the terminals judged by data from the security control means,

a connection control means which controls a connecting condition with the terminals so as to supply the services contents converted by said contents converting means based upon said connecting condition; and

a control means to enable the terminals to decipher specified data when said terminals lie in a connection through said network and said terminals make a request for an access to a specific data by meeting specified conditions.

18. A system for a distributed network computing system as claimed in claim 13 or 14 wherein said system is provided with a remote agent function execution means and that one of said various terminals is provided with a local agent function as a client, so that data exchange processing function is enabled without changing the cooperation relation between said system and said terminals as the server and the client.

19. A system for a distributed network computing system as claimed is claim 13 or 14 wherein said access control means enables procuring communication record data or log data.

14. A system for a distributed network computing system for providing application services, comprising:

an access control means which controls a connection process from terminals requesting an access which exists in a network and receive a supply of application services,

a security control means which judges the verification of said terminals connected by the access control means;

a contents converting means which converts the content of the application services into a format suitable for each of the terminals judged by data from the security control means;

a connection control means which controls a connecting condition with the terminals so as to supply service contents converted by said contents converting means based upon said connecting condition,

a control means to enable the terminals to decipher data regarding a specific data,

a control means to execute a verification process by means of a proper system and to execute login suitable for the terminals by means of a proper method based upon a result of the verification when said terminals lie in a connection through said network and make a request for an access to a specific data by meeting the specified conditions.

20. A method for a distributed network computing system for providing applications services wherein a server computer which provides application services, and various kinds of terminals requesting an access which receive application services from said server computer are connected to each other by networks, comprising the steps of:

controlling a connection process from said terminals, judging verification of the terminals connected and contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals so that they are converted into a format suitable for each of the terminals.

21. A method for a distributed network computing system for providing application services wherein a server computer which provides application services and various kinds of terminals requesting access to the applications services which receive application services from said server computer are connected to each other by networks, comprising the step of;

controlling a connection process from said terminals, judging verification of the terminals connected, converting a content of the application services to be supplied to said terminals into a format suitable for each of the terminals; and

controlling a connecting condition with said terminal, such that the converted services are supplied to the terminals based upon said connecting condition.

22. A method for a distributed network computing system for providing applications services wherein a server computer which provides application services, and various kinds of terminals requesting an access which receive application services from said data processing apparatus are connected to each other by networks, comprising the steps of:

controlling a connection process from said terminals, judging verification of the connected terminals, converting the contents of the applications services to be supplied to said terminals into a format suitable for each of the terminals,

controlling a connecting condition with said terminals such that the converted services contents are supplied to the terminals based upon said connecting condition,

controlling said terminals to decipher specified data, when said terminals lie in a connection through the network and said terminal makes a request for access to a specified data by meeting a specified condition.

23. A memory media readable by a computer, in which program data for a method for a distributed network computing system for providing application services are stored, comprising the step of:

controlling a connection process from terminals requesting access to the application services connected to said network and

judging verification of the terminals connected and controlling contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals so as to convert contents of the application services into a format suitable for each of the terminals.

24. A memory media readable by a computer, in which program data for a method for a distributed network computing system for providing application services are stored, comprising the step of,

controlling a connection process from terminals requesting access to the application services connected to said network,

judging verification of the terminals connected, converting contents of the application services to be supplied to said terminals into a format suitable for each of the terminals, and

controlling a connecting condition with said terminals so that the converted services contents of the data are supplied to the terminals based upon said connecting condition.

25. A memory media readable by a computer, in which program data for a method for a distributed network computing system for providing application services are stored, comprising the step of;

controlling a connection process from terminals requesting access to the application services connected to said network,

judging verification of the terminals connected, converting content of the application services to be supplied to said terminals into a format suitable for each of the terminals,

controlling a connecting condition with said terminals so that the converted services contents of the data are supplied to the terminals based upon said connecting condition, and

controlling said terminals so as to be able to decipher the specific data, when said terminals lie in a connecting condition and said terminals make a request for an access to specific data by meeting a specified condition.