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US 6,324,685 B1Granted

Applet server that provides applets in various forms

AssigneeBeComm Corporation

InventorEdward Balassanian

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Abstract

The present invention is an applet server which accepts requests for applets from client computers. A request specifies the format in which an applet is to be delivered to the requesting client computer. The applet server has a cache which it uses to store applets for distribution to client computers. If the specified form of the requested applet is available in the cache, the applet server transmits the applet to the requesting client. If the applet is not available in the cache, the server will attempt to build the applet from local resources (program code modules and compilers) and transformer programs (verifiers and optimizers). If the applet server is able to build the requested applet, it will then transmit the applet to the requesting client computer. If the applet server is unable to build the requested applet, it will pass the request to another applet server on the network for fulfillment of the request.

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Claim 1A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 115 wordsNo dependents Claim 2A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 105 wordsNo dependents Claim 3A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 106 wordsNo dependents Claim 4A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 85 words2 dependent Claim 7A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 85 words1 dependent Claim 9A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 85 words1 dependent Claim 11A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 85 words3 dependent Claim 15A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 113 wordsNo dependents Claim 16A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 87 wordsNo dependents Claim 17A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 89 wordsNo dependents Claim 18A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 83 wordsNo dependents Claim 19A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 123 words1 dependent Claim 21A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 95 words3 dependent Claim 25A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 100 wordsNo dependents Claim 26A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 78 words5 dependent Claim 32A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 87 wordsNo dependents Claim 33A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers · 88 wordsNo dependents Claim 34A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 149 words1 dependent Claim 35A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 123 wordsNo dependents Claim 36A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 100 words2 dependent Claim 39A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 99 wordsNo dependents Claim 41A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 99 words1 dependent Claim 43A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 105 words3 dependent Claim 47A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 127 wordsNo dependents Claim 48A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 101 wordsNo dependents Claim 49A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 97 wordsNo dependents Claim 50A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 136 words1 dependent Claim 52A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 101 words1 dependent Claim 54A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form · 102 wordsNo dependents Claim 55A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 146 wordsNo dependents Claim 56A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 134 words2 dependent Claim 59A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 116 wordsNo dependents Claim 60A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 115 words1 dependent Claim 62A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 125 wordsNo dependents Claim 63A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 115 words1 dependent Claim 65A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 113 words3 dependent Claim 69A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 151 wordsNo dependents Claim 70A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 117 wordsNo dependents Claim 71A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 119 wordsNo dependents Claim 72A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 143 wordsNo dependents Claim 73A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 122 words3 dependent Claim 77A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 125 wordsNo dependents Claim 78A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 122 wordsNo dependents Claim 79A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 118 wordsNo dependents Claim 80A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers · 117 wordsNo dependents Claim 81A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms · 133 wordsNo dependents Claim 82A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms · 122 words2 dependent Claim 85A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms · 101 wordsNo dependents Claim 86A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms · 105 words1 dependent Claim 88A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms · 113 wordsNo dependents Claim 89A computer-readable medium containing a data structure · 135 wordsNo dependents Claim 90A computer-readable medium containing a data structure · 117 wordsNo dependents Claim 91A computer-readable medium containing a data structure · 101 wordsNo dependents Claim 92A computer-readable medium containing a data structure · 100 words1 dependent Claim 94A computer-readable medium containing a data structure · 100 words1 dependent Claim 96A computer-readable medium containing a data structure · 103 words2 dependent Claim 99A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer · 81 wordsNo dependents Claim 100A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer · 76 wordsNo dependents Claim 101A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer · 73 wordsNo dependents Claim 102A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer · 73 wordsNo dependents Claim 103A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer · 71 wordsNo dependents Claim 104A server computer · 140 wordsNo dependents Claim 105A server computer · 139 wordsNo dependents Claim 106A server computer · 152 wordsNo dependents

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer;
and
caching the identified form of the application so that when another request is received for the application in the identified form, the identified form of the application can be sent without regenerating the identified form of the application.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
when the server computer does not have the application in the other form, requesting the application in the other form from a computer other than the server computer;
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application including when the server computer does not have the identified form of the application, requesting the application in the other form from a computer other than the server computer;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

3 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the identified form is an intermediate form.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the identified form is a target form.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the other form is a source form.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
transforming the application into a transformed form;
generating the identified form of the application from the transformed form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application and caching the generated identified form so that when the identified form of the application has been stored in a cache, the identified form of the application is retrieved from the cache;
and
sending the identified form of the application retrieved from the cache to the client computer.

3 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the application is a portion of a larger application.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the server computer functions as a loader for the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer wherein the application is an applet.

3 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the application includes modules, wherein the generating includes generating of modules of the identified form, and wherein the generating includes combining modules of the identified form that were previously generated with modules of the identified form that are generated in response to receiving the request.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
after generating the identified form of the application, storing the identified form of the application in a cache;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
transforming an intermediate form of the application into a transformed version of the intermediate form of the application;
generating the identified form of the application from the transformed version of the intermediate form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
verifying the application;
generating the identified form of the application from the verified application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
transforming the application that is identified in the request using a common transformation;
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from the transformed application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer.

3 more elements

A method in a server computer for providing applications to client computers, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an application and identifying a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to receiving the request,
generating the identified form of the application from another form of the application;
and
sending the identified form of the application to the client computer
wherein the identified form indicates a processor of the client computer.

4 more elements

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein after the server computer generated the identified form of the application, the server computer stored the identified form of the application in a cache so that when another request is received for the identified form of the application, the server computer can retrieve the identified form of the application without regenerating the identified form of the application.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer wherein when the server computer does not have the application in the other form, the server computer requests the other form of the application from a computer other than the server computer.

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer;
and
wherein the identified form is an intermediate form.

2 more elements

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the identified form is a target form.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the other form is a source form.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the server computer transforms the application before generating the identified form the application.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the server computer caches the identified form of the application and wherein the server computer subsequently retrieves the identified form of the application from the cache, rather than generating the identified form of the application.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the application is a portion of a larger application.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the application is an applet.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer wherein the application includes modules, wherein the server computer generates modules of the identified form, and wherein the server computer combines modules of the identified form that were previously generated with modules of the identified form that are generated in response to receiving the request.

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the request includes an indication to verify the application.

1 more element

A method in a client computer for retrieving an application in an identified form, the method comprising:

sending to a server computer a request that identifies an application and identifies a form of the application, the identified form being one of a plurality of available forms;
and
in response to sending the request, receiving from the server computer the identified form of the application wherein the server computer generated the identified form of the application from another form of the application in response to receiving the request from the client computer
wherein the server computer transforms each application using a common transformation.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request;
and
caching the identified form of the applet so that when another request is received for the same applet in the identified form, the identified form of the applet can be sent without recompiling the identified form of the applet
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

3 more elements

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving the request,
when the server computer does not have the applet in the un-compiled form, requesting the applet in the un-compiled form from a computer other than the server computer;
using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from the un-compiled form of the applet;
and
sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

5 more elements

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the applet is part of a web page and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the un-compiled form is an intermediate form and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the identified form is directly executable by a processor of the client computer that sent the request and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the un-compiled form is a source form and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, transforming an un-compiled form of the applet, compiling using a compiler the identified form of the applet from the transformed, un-compiled form of the applet, and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible
compiled forms of the applet;
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request;
storing the identified form of the applet in a cache so that when another request is retrieved, the server computer retrieves the identified form of the applet from the cache and sends the identified form of the applet retrieved from the cache to the client computer
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

2 more elements

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the applet is a portion of a computer program and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the server computer functions as a loader for the client computer and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the applet includes multiple modules, wherein the server computer generates a module of the identified form, and wherein the server computer compiles one of the modules into the identified form in response to receiving the request and whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
in response to receiving, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request;
and
after generating the identified form of the applet, storing the identified form of the applet in a cache
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

2 more elements

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
in response to receiving a request, transforming an intermediate form of the applet into a transformed version of the intermediate form of the applet and compiling using a compiler the identified form of the applet from the transformed intermediate form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request;
and
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet, a request including a verifier sent from the client computer for use in verifying the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, transforming each applet that is identified in a request using a common transformation, compiling using a compiler the identified form of the applet from the transformed form of the applet, and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

1 more element

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server computer to provide applets to client computers, by a method comprising:

receiving requests from client computers, each request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of possible compiled forms of the applet;
and
in response to receiving a request, using a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request;
wherein the identified form indicates a processor of the client computer
whereby requests of different client computers identify different forms of the same applet.

2 more elements

A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms, comprising:

means for receiving from client computers requests for applets, each request identifying a form of the applet;
means for retrieving the applet identified in a request, the retrieved applet being in a form other than the form identified in the request;
means for generating the identified form of the applet from the retrieved other form of the applet after receiving the request;
means for sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that requested the applet;
and
means for caching the identified form of the applet so that when another request is received for the same applet in the identified form, the identified form of the applet can be sent without regenerating the identified form of the applet.

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A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms, comprising:

means for receiving from client computers requests for applets, each request identifying a form of the applet;
means for retrieving the applet identified in a request, the retrieved applet being in a form other than the form identified in the request;
means for generating the identified form of the applet from the retrieved other form of the applet after receiving the request;
means for sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that requested the applet;
and
means for when the server computer does not have the applet in the other form, requesting the other form of the applet from a computer other than the server computer.

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A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms, comprising:

means for receiving from client computers requests for applets, each request identifying a form of the applet;
means for retrieving the applet identified in a request, the retrieved applet being in a form other than the form identified in the request;
means for generating the identified form of the applet from the retrieved other form of the applet after receiving the request;
and
means for sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that requested the applet
wherein the applet is part of a web page.

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A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms, comprising:

means for receiving from client computers requests for applets, each request identifying a form of the applet;
means for retrieving the applet identified in a request, the retrieved applet being in a form other than the form identified in the request;
means for generating the identified form of the applet from the retrieved other form of the applet after receiving the request;
means for sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that requested the applet;
and
means for transforming the applet before generating the identified form of the applet.

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A server computer for providing applets in a plurality of forms, comprising:

means for receiving from client computers requests for applets, each request identifying a form of the applet;
means for retrieving the applet identified in a request, the retrieved applet being in a form other than the form identified in the request,
means for generating the identified form of the applet from the retrieved other form of the applet after receiving the request;
means for sending the identified form of the applet to the client computer that requested the applet;
and
means for, rather than generating the identified form of the applet, retrieving the identified form of the applet from a cache.

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A computer-readable medium containing a data structure, the data structure including a request generated by a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the identified applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of compiled forms of the identified applet wherein when a server computer receives the request, the server computer uses a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and then sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that generated the request wherein the server computer caches the identified form of the applet so that when another request is received for the same applet in the identified form, the identified form of the applet can be sent without recompiling the identified form of the applet.

A computer-readable medium containing a data structure, the data structure including a request generated by a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the identified applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of compiled forms of the identified applet wherein when a server computer receives the request, the server computer uses a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and then sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that generated the request wherein in response to receiving the request, the server computer requests the applet in the un-compiled form from a computer other than the server computer.

A computer-readable medium containing a data structure, the data structure including a request generated by a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the identified applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of compiled forms of the identified applet wherein when a server computer receives the request, the server computer uses a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and then sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that generated the request wherein the applet is part of a web page.

A computer-readable medium containing a data structure, the data structure including a request generated by a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the identified applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of compiled forms of the identified applet wherein when a server computer receives the request, the server computer uses a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and then sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that generated the request wherein the un-compiled form is an intermediate form.

A computer-readable medium containing a data structure, the data structure including a request generated by a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the identified applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of compiled forms of the identified applet wherein when a server computer receives the request, the server computer uses a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and then sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that generated the request wherein the un-compiled form is a source form.

A computer-readable medium containing a data structure, the data structure including a request generated by a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the identified applet, the identified form being one of a plurality of compiled forms of the identified applet wherein when a server computer receives the request, the server computer uses a compiler to compile the identified form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet and then sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that generated the request wherein the server computer transforms the applet before compiling the applet.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer, the instructions being generated by a server computer in response to receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, wherein the server computer generates the instructions by compiling a compiled form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet wherein the server computer retrieves the un-compiled form of the applet from a computer other than the server computer.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer, the instructions being generated by a server computer in response to receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, wherein the server computer generates the instructions by compiling a compiled form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet wherein the server computer stores the compiled form of the applet in a cache.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer, the instructions being generated by a server computer in response to receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, wherein the server computer generates the instructions by compiling a compiled form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet wherein the un-compiled form of the applet is Java intermediate code.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer, the instructions being generated by a server computer in response to receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, wherein the server computer generates the instructions by compiling a compiled form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet wherein the un-compiled form of the applet is Java source code.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a client computer, the instructions being generated by a server computer in response to receiving a request from a client computer, the request identifying an applet and identifying a form of the applet, wherein the server computer generates the instructions by compiling a compiled form of the applet from an un-compiled form of the applet wherein the instructions are part of a web page.

A server computer comprising:

local resources that include compilers and modules;
a cache for storing applets;
a transformer;
and
an applet server manager that
receives requests from client computers for an applet in an identified form,
when the identified form of the applet is stored in the cache, sends the identified form of the applet stored in the cache to the client computer that sent the request, and
when the identified form of the applet is not stored in the cache, generates the identified form of the applet using a compiler and a module, stores the identified form of the applet in the cache, and sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the applet server manager uses the transformer to transform the module before generating the identified form of the applet.

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A server computer comprising:

local resources that include compilers and modules;
a cache for storing applets
a transformer;
and
an applet server manager that
receives requests from client computers for an applet in an identified form,
when the identified form of the applet is stored in the cache, sends the identified form of the applet stored in the cache to the client computer that sent the request,
when the identified form of the applet is not stored in the cache, generates the identified form of the applet using a compiler and a module, stores the identified form of the applet in the cache, and sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the applet server manager uses the transformer to transform the identified applet after it is generated using the compiler.

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A server computer comprising:

local resources that include compilers and modules;
a cache for storing applets;
and
an applet server manager that
receives requests from client computers for an applet in an identified form,
when the identified form of the applet is stored in the cache, sends the identified form of the applet stored in the cache to the client computer that sent the request, and
when the identified form of the applet is not stored in the cache, generates the identified form of the applet using a compiler and a module, stores the identified form of the applet in the cache, and sends the identified form of the applet to the client computer that sent the request
wherein the applet server manager retrieves a module from a computer other than the server computer when a module that is not another form of the applet is not stored with the local resource.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/040,972Filed 18 Mar 1998
Granted: 27 Nov 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
G06F 9/445
Arrangements for executing specific programs: program loading or initiating
G06F 9/44526
Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading: plug-ins; Add-ons
G06F 9/44589
Program loading or initiating: program code verification, e.g. Java bytecode verification, proof-carrying code

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