Systems and methods for transparently accessing Web applications remotely and locally
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCraig Henry Becker, Stewart Earle Nickolas, Wayne Elmo Vicknair
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Abstract
A method, computer program product and system for accessing a Web application. The Web application may be accessed by receiving a request for the Web application where the request includes an identifier of the Web application. In response to the identifier of the Web application, one of a local and a remote target of the Web application may be determined. The request may be dispatched to a target in response to input data identifying the Web application and, alternatively, form selection input.
Claims18
A method for accessing a Web application comprising:
- receiving a request for a Web application operation;
- dispatching the request to one of a locally deployed and remotely deployed instance of the Web application, wherein the step of dispatching the request is mediated by a method in a first page of the Web application, and wherein the request is selectively dispatched in response to first input data;
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- if, the request includes second input data for the Web application, the step of dispatching the request further comprises:
- reducing the request to a set of parameters in response to the second input data;
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- passing the set of parameters to the Web application.
A computer program product embodied in a machine readable storage medium including programming instructions for performing the steps of:
- receiving a request for a Web application operation;
- dispatching the request to one of a locally deployed and remotely deployed instance of the Web application, wherein the step of dispatching the request is mediated by a method in a first page of the Web application, and wherein the request is selectively dispatched in response to first input data;
- and
- if, the request includes second input data for the Web application, the step of dispatching the request further comprises:
- reducing the request to a set of parameters in response to the second input data;
- and
- passing the set of parameters to the Web application.
A data processing system for accessing a Web application comprising:
- circuitry operable for receiving a request for a Web application operation;
- circuitry operable for dispatching the request to one of a locally deployed and remotely deployed instance of the Web application, wherein the step of dispatching the request is mediated by a method in a first page of the Web application, and wherein the request is selectively dispatched in response to first input data;
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- wherein the circuitry operable for dispatching the request further comprises:
- circuitry operable for reducing the request to a set of parameters in response to the second input data;
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- circuitry operable for passing the set of parameters to the Web application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.