Unisys Corporation

Daryl J Kress

Eugene J Gretter

Gail L Behr

Timothy J Guhl

Paul S Germscheid

Lowell D Palecek

Michael J Hill

Thomas N Turba

Thomas K Austin

Pauline C Alfors

An apparatus for and method of predefining a series of messages between a client application and a server application which needed to be transferred and honored in sequence to perform a compound service request. The sequence of messages is predefined through the use of an Action Control List, whereby the event handler defines the messages to the administrative object.

Method and apparatus for sequenced message processing between an event handler and an administrative object

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an existing predefined messaging protocol to convey additional data in application-to-application communication. Instead of utilizing a plurality of the existing predefined messages or defining a new unique message type to convey the needed data, a single preexisting message type is used to define location and format of the data objects to be communicated. The receiving application unpacks these definitions from the single message received and accesses the defined data objects as required.

Method and apparatus for combining extended markup language and key/value pairs into the format of an interprocess message payload

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user request is received by a web server from the world wide web and converted into one or more sequenced data base management commands stored as corresponding to the service request. If a particular service request requires access to secured data and/or services, the request may be granted in relationship to a particular user security profile. This security profile is determined through a special field indicative of the internet user transferred in conjunction with the service request.

Method and apparatus for a web application server to provide for web user validation

An apparatus for and method of accommodating an XML document within a legacy data base management system. The XML document is defined by a Document Type Definition (DTD). The XML document is converted into a form suitable for use by the legacy data base management system in accordance with an Input Definition Table (IDT). The IDT is a table containing a plurality of sequential text statements which define the conversion process. The IDT is stored within a repository of the legacy data base management system.

XML input definition table for transforming XML data to internal format

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The create empty data set user request is received by a web server from the world wide web. The security profile is validated to establish permission for honoring the service request. The Cool ICE engine is called to implement the create data set method. An appropriate area within the repository is located and the new empty data set is created in accordance with the parameters received.

Method and apparatus for a web application server to create an empty data set in a repository with a specified dataset ID

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The internet terminal transfers a service request to the data base management system, having a password provided as required. When a service request is made having an expired password, the data base management system recognizes the problem. The internet terminal is queried for certain parameters, and the data base management system automatically reassigns a new and unexpired password.

Method and apparatus for a web application server to automatically solicit a new password when an existing password has expired

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user request is received by a web server from the world wide web and converted into one or more sequenced data base management commands stored as corresponding to the service request. If the user terminal requests access to a secure function or to secure data, the user terminal is interrogated to determine its user profile. This user profile is compared to the security profile of the service request. The service request is honored if and only if the user profile corresponds to the security profile. The secure session control object created to honor the request is deleted upon completion of the session.

Session based security profile for internet access of an enterprise server

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The multiple file upload user request is received by a web server from the world wide web. Each of the files is stored in a different temporary file created to buffer the uploaded files until they are processed. Following processing, the temporary files are deleted. Through the use of this feature, an application developer can make efficient multiple file data transfers from a user terminal without the need to analyze the transfer in binary form.

Method and apparatus for a web application server to upload multiple files and invoke a script to use the files in a single browser request

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to create multiple applications for accessing an existing proprietary data base management system. A dynamic tracing facility permits the developer to debug the applications using a common trace capability which processes and stores information from the trace of the applications within a common storage facility. The trace process is divided into two major components. A generic trace formatting module processes all trace results from various applications into a standardized format for storage and subsequent use. The second component is a generic policy in which the developer can present the trace parameters of a particular unique application in a standardized form. To store trace information from a plurality of applications into a common storage area, each of the applications is provided with a common identifier within the trace parameters.

Method and apparatus for multiple application trace streams

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user transmits a URL which is utilized to address one of a number of administrative objects. The addressed administrative object corresponds to one of a number of connection pools. The data base access is made from the connection pool. One of a number of runtime objects also corresponds directly to the one connection pool. Thus, the access attributes of the internet terminal may be modified during a single session.

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