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AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsNaohisa Tanabe, Shinya Hanano, Masafumi Higuchi, Kenji Takahashi
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A proxy server is inserted between an SBC server, which is furnished with SBC middleware capable of installation of an application, and a plurality of SBC clients connected to the SBC server via a network in a server-based computing system. The proxy server comprises a manipulation right controller that gives a manipulation right to execute the application to a first SBC client, a manipulation information relay unit that receives first input manipulation information for executing the application from the first SBC client and transmits the first input manipulation information to the SBC server to cause the application to be executed, and an execution screen distributor that receives an execution screen of the application from the SBC server and distributes the execution screen to each of the SBC clients.
A server-based computing collaboration system comprising:
A proxy server inserted between an SBC server and a plurality of SBC clients connected to the SBC server via a network in a server-based computing system, the SBC server being furnished with SBC middleware capable of installation of an application, the proxy server comprising:
A server-based computing collaboration method comprising the steps of:
Server-based computing collaboration logic incorporated in and executed by a proxy server inserted between an SBC server that is furnished with SBC middleware capable of installation of an application and a plurality of SBC clients connected to the SBC server via a network to remotely use the application in an server-based computing system, the collaboration logic comprising instructions of:
A server-based computing collaboration aid incorporated in and executed by each of SBC clients connected via a network and a proxy server to an SBC server that is furnished with SBC middleware capable of installation of an application, the server-based computing collaboration aid comprising the instructions of:
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Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for authentication of entities
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a server-based computing (SBC) collaboration technique, and more particularly to a centralized SBC collaboration system using a proxy server that allows multiple remote users to share an application operated on an SBC server and to collaborate with each other on the application.
2. Description of Related Art
Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional SBC system;
FIG. 2 illustrates the network structure of an SBC collaboration system according to an embodiment of the invention, where a proxy server is inserted between the SBC server and multiple SBC clients in order to allow the SBC clients to share an application on the SBC server and collaborate with each other on the application;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the proxy server used in the SBC collaboration system shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 2 schematically illustrates the SBC collaboration system β according to an embodiment of the invention. The SBC collaboration system β includes an SBC server 3, SBC clients 6A, 6B, and 6C connected to the SBC server 3 via the network 4, and a proxy server 10 placed in an arbitrary region on the network 4.
The SBC server 3 is furnished with SBC middleware 2, which is capable of introducing arbitrary applications operative on the operating system corresponding to the SBC middleware 2. The SBC middleware can be any known SBC middleware. Each of the SBC clients 6 has an SBC browser 5, and SBC collaboration aid 7. The user of the SBC client can remotely use the application 1 on the SBC middleware 2 through the SBC browser 6 and the network 4. The SBC collaboration aid 7 assists the SBC collaboration process managed by the proxy server from the standpoint of the SBC client 6.
The proxy server 10 is inserted between the SBC server 3 and the SBC clients 6A, 6B and 6C. The proxy server 10 has a manipulation information processor 11 and a collaboration controller 12. The manipulation information processor 11 processes data associated with manipulation of the application that is input through the SBC browser 5 of the SBC client 6. On the other hand, the collaboration controller 12 processes data input through the SBC collaboration aid 7 to control the collaboration operations among the SBC clients 6.