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Activity component in a presentation services patterns environment

  • US 6,640,238 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/1999
  • Issued: 10/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing logical units of work on a computer system in a client/server architecture comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing a server and a client, wherein the client includes a presentation interface and an activity module, the presentation interface containing presentation logic, and the activity module containing non-presentation logic, wherein the activity module resides between the presentation interface and the server, and wherein the presentation interface maintains a unidirectional reference to the activity module that allows unidirectional communication from the presentation interface to the activity module;

    (b) receiving requests for service from the presentation interface of the client;

    (c) handling at least a portion of the requests by the presentation logic of the presentation interface;

    (d) communicating a remainder of the requests from the presentation interface to the activity module;

    (e) handling at least a portion of the remainder of the requests by the non-presentation logic of the activity module;

    (f) forwarding another portion of the requests to the server for further handling purposes; and

    (g) effecting changes in the presentation interface.

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