| 摘要 |
<p>A communications system (100) includes a plurality of communications devices (108) connected together in a network (107) and having a plurality of user accounts associated therewith. At least one of the communications devices processes requests using an HTTP client application (104) associated therewith. The system also include an application server (101) for accessing the user accounts via the HTTP client application (104), and an HTTP server (102) and HTTP client application (104) formats requests to be communicated therebetween in an HTTP format, and each provide additional state information with the HTTP formatted requests recognizable by the other for authentication purposes. Furthermore, the HTTP client application (104) request a first URL from the HTTP server (102) for accepting work requests from the application server (101) and a second URL different from the first URL for responding to work requests. The user accounts can be email accounts, and the HTTP server and HTTP client can be adapted to format email requests.</p> |
