Web application system, web server, method and computer product for displaying web application message

• US 8,560,637 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2006
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tsukada, Naoki, Higashiwaki, Haruo, Sawada, Kyoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huynh, Dung B
• Application Number:
  US11/442,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20070192456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,694 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A web server is connected to a terminal computer capable of performing hypertext transfer protocol communications with the web server. The terminal computer includes a browser for displaying information. The web server executes a plurality of web applications upon receiving a request from the terminal computer. The web server transmits messages output by the applications being executed to the terminal computer. The terminal computer displays messages received from the web server collectively in one window of the browser.

Claims

1. A web application system comprising a web server and a terminal computer capable of performing hypertext transfer protocol communications with the web server, wherein the terminal computer includes a browser for displaying information and is capable of being used by a plurality of users, wherein

the web server includes

an executing unit that executes a plurality of web application programs, wherein the executing unit executes each of the web application programs upon receiving a request with user identification information for identifying a user who makes the request from the terminal computer;

a message storing unit that stores therein messages that each web application program being executed by the executing unit outputs independently of before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer, wherein each of the messages shows respectively a status or result of each execution of the web application programs to the user who makes the request and the message storing unit stores the messages in association with each user identification information; and

a message transmitting unit that transmits, for each user identification information, the messages stored in the message storing unit to the terminal computer before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer, and

the terminal computer includes

a request sending unit that sends the request and the user identification information for each of the web application programs to the web server;

a message receiving unit that receives the messages for each user identification information from the message transmitting unit before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer; and

a message displaying unit that displays messages received by the message receiving unit collectively in a separate window of the browser for each user identification information before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer.

2. The web application system according to claim 1, wherein the web server further includes a message output unit that is booted by the web application programs, receives messages output from the web application programs, transfers received messages to the message storing unit using an inter-process communication mechanism, and records the received messages in the message storing unit.

3. The web application system according to claim 2, wherein the web server further includes

a determining unit that determines whether number of messages present in the message storing unit exceeds a predetermined number upon receipt of a new message from the message output unit;

and

a message deleting unit that, when the determining unit determines that the number of the messages exceeds the predetermined number, deletes an oldest message from the message storing unit.

4. The web application system according to claim 1, further comprising a login accepting unit that accepts user login to the web application system and determines whether the user is an authentic user, and

the message transmitting unit transmits the messages stored in the message storing unit for a user that is determined to be authentic by the login accepting unit to the terminal computer.

5. The web application system according to claim 1, wherein the message displaying unit displays the messages in an order of time series.

6. The web application system according to claim 1, wherein

the web server further includes a setting unit that sets a cycle at which the message transmitting unit is to transmit the messages from the message storing unit to the terminal computer, and

the setting unit includes

a cycle-extending unit that extends the cycle by a predetermined time period if a new message is not stored in the message storing unit during the cycle;

and

a cycle-shortening unit that shortens the cycle by the predetermined time period if a new message is stored in the message storing unit during the cycle.

7. A web server in a web application system in which the web server and a terminal computer capable of performing hypertext transfer protocol communications with the web server, wherein the terminal computer includes a browser for displaying information and is capable of being used by a plurality of users, wherein the web server includes

an executing unit that executes a plurality of web application programs, wherein the executing unit executes each of the web application programs upon receiving a request with user identification information for identifying a user who makes the request from the terminal computer;

a message storing unit that stores therein messages that each web application program being executed by the executing unit outputs independently of before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer, wherein each of the messages shows respectively a status or result of each execution of the web application programs to the user who makes the request and the message storing unit stores the messages in association with each user identification information; and

a message transmitting unit that transmits, for each user identification information, the messages stored in the message storing unit to the terminal computer before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer, wherein the messages are received for each user identification information and displayed collectively in a separate window of the browser for each user identification information before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer by the terminal computer.

8. The web server according to claim 7, further comprising a message output unit that is booted by the web application programs, receives messages output from the web application programs, transfers received messages to the message storing unit using an inter-process communication mechanism, and records the received messages in the message storing unit.

9. The web server according to claim 8, further comprising:

a determining unit that determines whether number of messages present in the message storing unit exceeds a predetermined number upon receipt of a new message from the message output unit; and

a message deleting unit that, when the determining unit determines that the number of the messages exceeds the predetermined number, deletes an oldest message from the message storing unit.

10. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium that stores therein a computer program that realizes a web-application-message displaying method on a web server and a terminal computer capable of performing hypertext transfer protocol communications with the terminal computer, the terminal computer includes a browser for displaying information and is capable of being used by a plurality of users, the computer program causing the computer to execute:

the terminal computer sending a plurality of requests each of which is with user identification information for identifying a user who makes one of the requests to the web server to execute a plurality of web application programs on the web server;

the web server executing the web application programs based on the requests received from the terminal computer;

the web server transmitting messages that each web application program being executed outputs independently of before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer, to the terminal computer, wherein each of the messages shows respectively a status or result of each execution of the web application programs to the user who makes the request and the transmitting transmits the messages for each user identification information; and

the terminal computer receiving the messages for each user identification information from the web server before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer and displaying the messages collectively in a separate window of the browser for each user identification information.

11. A web-application-message displaying method realized on a web server and a terminal computer capable of performing hypertext transfer protocol communications with the terminal computer, the terminal computer includes a browser for displaying information and is capable of being used by a plurality of users, the web application message displaying method comprising:

sending, by the terminal computer, a plurality of requests each of which is with user identification information for identifying a user who makes one of the requests to the web server to execute a plurality of web application programs on the web server;

executing, by the web server, the web application programs based on the requests received from the terminal computer;

transmitting, by the web server, messages that each web application program being executed outputs independently of before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer, to the terminal computer, wherein each of the messages shows respectively a status or result of each execution of the web application programs to the user who makes the request and the transmitting transmits the messages for each user identification information; and

receiving, by the terminal computer, the messages for each user identification information from the web server before, while or after each web application program responds to the terminal computer and displaying the messages collectively in a separate window of the browser for each user identification information, wherein the plurality of requests are associated respectively with a plurality of users and a separate display window is provided for each user.

12. The web application message displaying method according to claim 11, further comprising receiving, by the web server, the messages output from each web application program and causing a message storing unit to store received messages using an inter-process communication mechanism before transmitting the messages to the terminal computer.

13. The web application message displaying method according to claim 11, further comprising accepting, by the web server, user login and determining whether the user is an authentic user, and

the transmitting includes transmitting the messages for a user that is determined to be authentic at the accepting to the terminal computer.