Object oriented method and system for providing a common communications interface between software application programs

摘要

The present invention is a method and system for providing a common communications interface between a plurality of programs through a communications network. The system includes an adapter object (2b) responsive to a first one of the plurality of programs for connecting to the communications network; a resource object (2c) coupled to the adaptor object (2b) and also associated with the first one of the plurality of programs for storing at least one identifier associated with the first one of the plurality of programs in the memory of the computer and responsive to an agent object (2d) associated with a second one of the plurality of programs for generating a view object (2e) for accepting communications through said communications network; and a data object (2f) coupled to the agent object (2d) and to the view object (2e) for storing the data transmitted between the plurality of programs.