Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Code generation
Reexamination Certificate
2004-07-01
2008-08-05
Steelman, Mary (Department: 2191)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Code generation
C719S328000, C719S330000, C719S331000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07409672
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for communicating information and carrying out other interactions between a browser and an application program. A hyperaction protocol is defined that enables a browser to directly call functions of an application program executed by a separate server over a public network. In one embodiment, in the course of parsing and displaying an HTML document or other HTML source text, a browser encounters or receives a hyperaction request of the form “hyperaction://<ApplicationAction>#<Payload>.” In response, the browser identifies a function or other action of a separate application. The browser calls that function of the application over the network and provides the payload. When a response is received, the browser extracts data values or function results provided by the application. As a result, a browser can directly interact with an application without using scripts or other awkward mechanisms of existing protocols.
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