Interception method and system for compensating disadvantageous characteristics of a communication protocol
First Claim
1. A data communication method that compensates for disadvantageous characteristics of a first protocol that is used to communicate data between a client application and a server application, wherein the client application and the server application employ a second protocol that is mapped onto the first protocol, said method comprising the acts of:
- intercepting, by a client interceptor acting on behalf of a server application, a second-protocol data communication request from a client application;
mapping, by the client interceptor, the second-protocol data communication request onto the first protocol;
sending the communication request to a server interceptor using the first protocol;
compensating a disadvantageous characteristic of the first protocol, said compensating comprising ascertaining that a condition exists and eliminating the condition in response to said ascertaining, said condition being a connection condition or a transmission capacity condition;
mapping, by the server interceptor, the communication request back onto the second protocol to recreate substantially the second-protocol data communication request;
delivering the second-protocol data communication request to the server application; and
after said intercepting the communication request and before said sending the communication request to the server interceptor;
adding, by the client interceptor, a client connection identifier to the communication request.
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Abstract
Means and method of data communication compensating disadvantageous characteristics of a first protocol for data communication between a client-application and a server-application. Communication requests of the client application and the server application adhering to a second protocol are intercepted by an client interceptor and a server interceptor. Besides mapping the second protocol onto the first protocol and back again the interceptors compensate disadvantageous characteristics inherent to the first protocol or arising from the combination of protocols transparently.
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22 Claims
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1. A data communication method that compensates for disadvantageous characteristics of a first protocol that is used to communicate data between a client application and a server application, wherein the client application and the server application employ a second protocol that is mapped onto the first protocol, said method comprising the acts of:
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intercepting, by a client interceptor acting on behalf of a server application, a second-protocol data communication request from a client application; mapping, by the client interceptor, the second-protocol data communication request onto the first protocol; sending the communication request to a server interceptor using the first protocol; compensating a disadvantageous characteristic of the first protocol, said compensating comprising ascertaining that a condition exists and eliminating the condition in response to said ascertaining, said condition being a connection condition or a transmission capacity condition; mapping, by the server interceptor, the communication request back onto the second protocol to recreate substantially the second-protocol data communication request; delivering the second-protocol data communication request to the server application; and after said intercepting the communication request and before said sending the communication request to the server interceptor;
adding, by the client interceptor, a client connection identifier to the communication request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A data communication system that compensates for disadvantageous characteristics of a first protocol that is used to communicate data between a client application and a server application, wherein the client application and the server application employ a second protocol that is mapped onto the first protocol, said system comprising:
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a client interceptor acting on behalf of the server application, said client interceptor adapted to intercept a second-protocol data communication request from the client application, said client interceptor further adapted to map the second-protocol data communication request onto the first protocol; a server interceptor adapted to map the communication request back onto the second protocol to recreate substantially the second-protocol data communication request; means for sending the second-protocol data communication request to the server interceptor using the first protocol; means for compensating a disadvantageous characteristic of the first protocol, said compensating comprising ascertaining that a condition exists and eliminating the condition in response to said ascertaining, said condition being a connection condition or a transmission capacity condition; means for delivering the second-protocol data communication request to the server application; and means for adding, by the client interceptor, a client connection identifier to the communication request after said client interceptor has intercepted the communication request and before the communication request has been sent to the server interceptor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A data communication method that compensates for disadvantageous characteristics of a first protocol that is used to communicate data between a client application and a server application, wherein the client application and the server application employ a second protocol that is mapped onto the first protocol, said method comprising the acts of:
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intercepting by a client interceptor acting on behalf of a server application, a second-protocol data communication request from a client application; mapping by the client interceptor, the second-protocol data communication request onto the first protocol; sending the communication request to a server interceptor using the first protocol; compensating a disadvantageous characteristic of the first protocol, said compensating comprising ascertaining that a condition exists and eliminating the condition in response to said ascertaining, said condition being a connection condition or a transmission capacity condition; mapping, by the server interceptor, the communication request back onto the second protocol to recreate substantially the second-protocol data communication request; and delivering the second-protocol data communication request to the server application, wherein the client application resides on a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises a communication platform client that includes a session layer, a reliability layer, and a network layer, and wherein in response to the network layer attempting to send data with no physical connection in place for sending the data said method comprises;
repeatedly attempting to set up a new physical connection until either the new physical connection is set up or until a logical connection is closed by the session layer in response to the reliability layer having detected a session timeout.
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22. A data communication system that compensates for disadvantageous characteristics of a first protocol that is used to communicate data between a client application and a server application, wherein the client application and the server application employ a second protocol that is mapped onto the first protocol, said system comprising:
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a client interceptor acting on behalf of the server application, said client interceptor adapted to intercept a second-protocol data communication request from the client application, said client interceptor further adapted to map the second-protocol data communication request onto the first protocol; a server interceptor adapted to map the communication request back onto the second protocol to recreate substantially the second-protocol data communication request; means for sending the second-protocol data communication request to the server interceptor using the first protocol; means for compensating a disadvantageous characteristic of the first protocol, said compensating comprising ascertaining that a condition exists and eliminating the condition in response to said ascertaining, said condition being a connection condition or a transmission capacity condition; and means for delivering the second-protocol data communication request to the server application, wherein the client application resides on a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises a communication platform client that includes a session layer, a reliability layer, and a network layer, wherein in response to the network layer attempting to send data with no physical connection in place for sending the data said system comprises;
means for repeatedly attempting to set up a new physical connection until either the new physical connection is set up or until a logical connection is closed by the session layer in response to the reliability layer having detected a session timeout.
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