Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products which provide for communicating with a web browser executing on a remote/mobile processing system which is temporarily and intermittently connected to a second computer by storing in a persistent request queue at the second computer, a request from the web browser to a server application accessible to the second computer. Also disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products which allow for operation and management of asynchronous operations of a web browser where the operations are carried out by a server-side intercept module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 30, 2000
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Marion Blount, Hung-yang Chang, Norman H. Cohen, Richard Allen Floyd, Barron Cornelius Housel, III, David Bruce Lindquist, Steve Mastrianni, Marshall Shapiro, Carl D. Tait