Client server communication system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRichard I. Knox, James K. MacKenzie
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Abstract
Apparatus for communicating with agent applications. A first request is sent by a server application on a server computer system to a first agent application to communicate with the server application. The first agent application is located in a first network. If the first agent application fails to respond to the first request, a second request is sent by the server application to a second agent application to instruct the first agent application to communicate with the server application. The first agent application is located on a first client computer system that is in a zone with a second client computer system on which the second agent application is located.
Claims14
A computer system comprising:
- a bus system;
- a storage device connected to the bus system;
- a processor unit;
- and
- program code stored on the storage device, wherein the processor unit is configured to process the program code to send a first request to a first agent application to communicate with a server application, wherein the first agent application is located in a first network, and send a second request to a second agent application to instruct the first agent application to communicate with the server application in response to the first agent application failing to respond to the first request, wherein the first agent application is located on a first client computer system that is in a zone with a second client computer system on which the second agent application is located.
A computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- first program code for sending a first request to a first agent application to communicate with a server application, wherein the first agent application is located in a first network;
- and second program code, responsive to the first agent application failing to respond to the first request, for sending a second request to a second agent application to instruct the first agent application to communicate with the server application, wherein the first agent application is located on a first client computer system that is in a zone with a second client computer system on which the second agent application is located and wherein the first program code and the second program code are stored on the computer readable storage medium.
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