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Execution of dynamically configured application service in access method-independent exchange

  • US 6,671,713 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/1998
  • Issued: 12/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In the Internet network, a method for a service provider to provide a software service to users, the method comprising a multiplicity of computers, each computer having a communication device, and each computer having an operating system with interfaces for communication connectivity and synchronization, comprising:

  • a) a user process of a user computer having access to the Internet through a physical communication provider, uses an Internet protocol to connect to a service provider process executing on a service provider computer, the service provider process includes replacing a first minor service with a second minor service, wherein the first minor service communicates state information to the user process, and the user process communicates the state information to the second minor service;

    b) the user process sends a communication to a service provider process;

    c) the user process receives a response from the service provider process;

    d) the user process disconnects from the communication with the service provider process; and

    e) the user is billed for the service.

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