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a couple of excerpts from http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05761663__

can anyone tell me precisely *what* it is that IBM is claiming to have
patented here... and if it is what i think it is? ;-)
many thanks
-i

US5761663: Method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests

Applicant/Assignee:

 International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY

Issued/Filed Dates:
 June 2, 1998 / May 15, 1997

Application Number:
 US1997000856886

Abstract:


 A World Wide Web browser makes requests to web servers on a network which
receive and fulfill requests as an agent of the browser client, organizing
distributed sub-agents as distributed integration solution (DIS) servers on
an intranet network supporting the web server which also has an access agent
servers accessible over the Internet. DIS servers execute selected capsule
objects which perform programmable functions upon a received command from a
web server control program agent for retrieving, from a database gateway
coupled to a plurality of database resources upon a single request made from
a Hypertext document, requested information from multiple data bases located
at different types of databases geograhically dispersed, performing
calculations, formatting, and other services prior to reporting to the web
browser or to other locations, in a selected format, as in a display, fax,
printer, and to customer installations or to TV video subscribers, with
account tracking.

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