(12) United States Patent (io> Patent No.: us 6,336,137 Bi
Lee et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 1,2002
(54) WEB CLIENT-SERVER SYSTEM AND
METHOD FOR INCOMPATIBLE PAGE
MARKUP AND PRESENTATION
LANGUAGES
(75) Inventors: King-Hwa Lee, Newcastle, WA (US);
Robert Cram, San Francisco; Anil
Mukundan, San Jose, both of CA (US)
(73) Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/540,772
(22) Filed: Mar. 31, 2000
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 13/00
(52) U.S. CI 709/219; 709/223; 709/311;
709/329
(58) Field of Search 709/203, 217,
709/219, 223, 225, 227, 230, 246, 311,
328, 329
(56) References Cited
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5,857,197 A * 1/1999 Mullins 707/103
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6,012,098 A * 1/2000 Bayeh et al 709/246
6,167,441 A * 12/2000 Himmel 709/217
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—-Viet D. Vu
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Cooley Godward LLP
(57) ABSTRACT
Client-server systems and methods for transferring data via a network, including a wireless network, between a server and one or more clients or browsers that are spatially distributed (i.e., situated at different locations). At least one local client computer provides a user interface to interact with at least one remote server computer which implements data processing in response to the local client computer. The user interface may be a browser or a thin client.
120 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets
