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Web page accessing of data bases and mainframes

  • US 6,532,463 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/1998
  • Issued: 03/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing Web access to data, the steps comprising:

  • providing a Web server for distribution of data to users;

    providing a database on a mainframe database computer operably connected to the Web server, the database having a database program that provides data in a given format;

    providing a Web control program on the database computer;

    having a user supply an identification code to the Web server, the Web control program then generating a state key and incorporating the state key into a Web page supplied to that user, and wherein the database computer, outside of the Web server, detects the state key from the Web page upon the user requesting data and decides whether that user can access the requested data based on the state key;

    the state key thus allowing the user to access otherwise restricted data from the database computer.

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