Relay server for unsigned applets
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorQING GONG
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Abstract
In an information handling system, a relay server provides links for communicating with network resources, via a network comprising a plurality of network units, for client communication units having unsigned Java applets that request a network resource from a target remote server on the network. The request is a signal that identifies the target unit within the network as a source of said network resource. The relay server accomplishes this by establishing a double link between the unsigned applet and the target unit for providing at least the requested network resource.
Claims16
A relay server for communicating with network resources, via a network comprising a plurality of network units, said relay server comprising:
- means for receiving a request for a network resource from an unsigned applet downloaded by a network unit, said request identifying a target unit within the network as a source of said network resource;
- and
- means for linking between the unsigned applet and the target unit for providing at least the requested network resource.
An information processing system comprising:
- a processor unit;
- a communication subsystem, coupled to the processor unit, for linking the information processing system to a telecommunications network, said subsystem comprising means for establishing links among communication units in the telecommunications network;
- and
- a relay server comprising:
- means for receiving a request for a network resource from an unsigned applet downloaded by a communication unit in the network, said request identifying a target communication unit within the network as a source of said network resource;
- and
- means for linking between the unsigned applet and the target unit for providing at least the requested network resource.
At a server unit in a network comprising a plurality of communication units, a method for establishing a communication link between a first unit and a second unit, comprising the server unit steps of:
- receiving a request for a resource from the first unit;
- determining whether the request originated from an unsigned applet downloaded to the first unit;
- establishing a communication link with a relay server when the request originated from an unsigned applet downloaded to the first unit;
- requesting, via the relay server, the requested resource from the second unit.
A computer-readable medium of instructions, comprising:
- means for receiving a request for a network resource from an unsigned applet downloaded by a network unit, said request identifying a target unit within the network as a source of said network resource;
- and
- means for linking between the unsigned applet and the target unit for providing at least the requested network resource.
A server for the World-Wide Web comprising:
- a processor unit;
- a communication subsystem coupled to the processor unit, for linking the information processing system to the World-Wide Web and for providing links among communication units on the World-Wide Web;
- and
- a relay server for communicating with network resources, via a network comprising a plurality of network units, said relay server comprising:
- means for receiving a request for a network resource from an unsigned applet downloaded by a network unit, said request identifying a target unit within the network as a source of said network resource;
- and
- means for linking between the unsigned applet and the target unit for providing at least the requested network resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.