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Method and apparatus for terminal server addressability via URL specification

  • US 7,617,275 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2004
  • Issued: 11/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for establishing a terminal server connection with a terminal server using a web browser executing at a client station, the system comprising:

  • a client station for generating a request by specifying a URL in response to a user input, the user input corresponding to a terminal server connection, wherein the URL has a first set of parameters necessary to complete the terminal server connection, wherein the client station comprises a processor;

    wherein, the client station is configured to receive web page data from a web page corresponding to the URL in response to a user input, wherein the web page data includes a second set of parameters necessary to complete the terminal server connection, said second set of parameters supplementing the first set of parameters with any additional parameters required to complete the terminal server connection;

    the web page having functionality necessary to combine the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters into a URL for connecting to the terminal server;

    the web page returning the URL for connecting to the terminal server to the user; and

    connecting means for establishing the terminal server connection with the terminal server using the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters.

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