EP0720336A2
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Script preprocessing system and method
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1995-12-01
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-12-01
Abstract
Abstract A preprocessing script-based data communications system and method that embeds information regarding the previous state of the system within script data This effectively imposes a state memory upon what would otherwise be a stateless system. Typically, the scripts processed by this system are similar in structure and format to ordinary HTML scripts, with the addition of several commands that facilitate programming embedded state information. Within systems employing the invention a client is afforded the capability of having one script influence another by exploiting the preprocessor imposed state memory. In addition, the invention provides these advantages to a client without the need for storing state information on a data system server, thereby providing increased system security.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth Brent Lyons
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 00:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/10; H; H04; H04L; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/912; Y10S707/922
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A script-based data communication system comprising: at least one client node adapted to receive and transmit script-based data; and a data server, including a script preprocessor and a script file memory, wherein said script preprocessor is configured to retrieve data representing particular script files from said script file memory and modify said retrieved data in response to variables contained in script-based data received from one or more client nodes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
A script-bassed data communication system comprising: at least one client node adapted to receive and transmit script-based data; a data server, including a script preprocessor, a script file memory and a database, wherein said script preprocessor is configured to retrieve data representing particular script files from said script file memory and modify said retrieved data in response to variables contained in script-based data received from one or more client nodes and data contained in said database.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The script-based data communication system of claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising: a data communication line between said data server and an external computer, said communication link being adapted to facilitate the transmission of information from said data server to said external computer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The script-based data communication system of claim 2, further comprising: a data communication link between said data server and an external computer, said communication link being adapted to facilitate the transmission of information from said data server to said external computer, and the transmission of information from said external computer to data server and said data base.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The script-based data communication system of any of the preceding claims wherein hypertext mark-up language based scripts are transmitted between said data server and said one or more client nodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The script-based data communication system of any of the preceding claims wherein said data server is further adapted to transmit said modified retrieved data to at least one client node.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
60 words
A method for performing script-based data communications, comprising the steps of: receiving script-based information containing embedded variables from a client node; retrieving, in response to said received script-based information and the embedded variables contained therein, data representing at least one particular script file, and modifying said retrieved data as a function of said variables contained in said received script-based data.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for performing script-based data communications, comprising the steps of: receiving script-based information containing embedded variables from a client node; retrieving, in response to said received script-based information and the embedded variables contained therein, data representing at least one particular script file, and modifying said retrieved data in response to variables contained in said received script-based data and other data retrieved from a local database.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 7 or claim 8 wherein said received script-based information is hypertext mark-up language based information.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
25 words
The method of any of claims 7 to 9 further comprising the step of transmitting said modified retrieved data to at least one client node.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
26 words
The method of any of claims 7 to 10 further comprising the step of transmitting information related to said received script-based information to an external computer.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
27 words
The method of any of claims 7 to 11 further comprising the step of modifying said retrieved data in response to information retrieved from an external computer.
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