Method and apparatus for data retrieval from data server using a socket communications program
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKazutoshi Takahashi
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Abstract
A data retrieval system and method includes a data server, a client terminal, and a web server. The client terminal performs a data retrieval operation. The web server handles data processed between the data server and the client terminal. The client terminal has a socket communications program for communicating with the web server without using the web browser of the web server. The web server communicates with the data server and sends data received from the data server back to the client terminal, in accordance with a request for data retrieval sent from the socket communications program of the client terminal.
Claims13
A data retrieval system, comprising:
- a data server configured to store data;
- a client terminal configured to perform a data retrieval operation;
- and
- a web server having a web browser, said web server configured to handle data communicated between the data server and the client terminal,
- wherein the client terminal has a socket communications program for communicating with the web server without using the web browser,
- wherein in response to a request for data retrieval sent from the socket communications program of the client terminal, the web server communicates with the data server and returns data received from the data server to the client terminal, and
- wherein the socket communications program:
- is activated by a first applications program;
- determines:
- a connection parameter with the web server;
- and
- a structured query language (SQL) query for data retrieval;
- and
- initiates a second applications program reading a data retrieval result in accordance with values of arguments provided by said first applications program.
A data retrieval system, comprising:
- a data server storing data;
- a client terminal performing a data retrieval operation;
- and
- a web server having a web browser, said web server handling data processed between the data server and the client terminal,
- wherein the client terminal has a socket communications program communicating with the web server without using the web browser,
- wherein in response to a request for data retrieval sent from the socket communications program of the client terminal, the web server communicates with the data server and returns data received from the data server to the client terminal, and
- wherein the socket communications program:
- is activated by a first applications program;
- determines:
- a connection parameter with the web server;
- and
- a structured query language (SQL) query for data retrieval;
- and
- initiates a second applications program reading a data retrieval result in accordance with values of arguments provided by the first applications program.
A method of data retrieving, comprising the steps of:
- providing a socket communications program to a client terminal to perform a data retrieval operation;
- applying a web browser to a web server, said web server handling data processed between a data server and the client terminal;
- activating the socket communications program with a first applications program on the client terminal to communicate with the web server without using the web browser, generating a request for data retrieval;
- sending the request for data retrieval from the socket communications program to the web server;
- performing data retrieval from the data server via the web server in accordance with the request sent from the socket communications program of the client terminal;
- and
- receiving data transmitted from the web server as a result of data retrieval operation with the socket communications program of the client terminal;
- and
- determining arguments associated with at least:
- a connection parameter to the web server,
- a structured query language (SQL) query for data retrieval, and
- initiating a second applications program reading a data retrieval resulting from the first applications program interface with the socket communications program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.