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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1998
Joseph Luzzi, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Gengxin Zhu, Southbury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method system and program product for facilitating the transfer of data between a requesting computer and data repository over a computer network is disclosed herein. An interface is provided over the network to a requesting computer from a front-end server computer via a network communication session. Via the interface the requesting computer generates requests to the data repository to access the data stored therein. Requests are passed via a temporary data link from the requesting computer to a software-based bridge element which is continuously logically coupled to the data repository. The bridge accesses the requested data from the repository and sends the requested data to the requesting computer system. The communication session between the front-end server and the requesting computer may be terminated upon the sending of the interface to permit the server to service further requests.