METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING SINGLE-CLIENT, SINGLE-USER APPLICATION TO MULTI-USER, MULTI-CLIENT ENVIRONMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for adapting a single-user, single-client application for multiple clients operated by multiple users. SOLUTION: An instance 122 of an unmodified single-client, single-user application 121 is executed in each of the clients 101, and execution of multiple instances 122 of the application is coordinated by a wrapper application 200 executed in each of the clients 101. The wrapper application 200 is configured to transmit and receive messages 124 among the clients 101 through a network 110 to facilitate the coordination. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT