PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT UNIVERSAL DATA ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A CLIENT-SERVER ENVIRONMENT
摘要
A data access system and method provides platform independent access from a client module to a variety of data sources stored in a variety of data formats on a variety of computer systems, including database sources and electronic mail sources. The system includes a desktop client module that is a Java applet that runs within a Java-compliant browser located on a client computer. The desktop client module provides access to any one of a plurality of data sources, each represented as a book on the client desktop. Access of the data associated with a book is implemented using a data access service application running on a server computer in communication with the desktop client. The data access service application includes a data source interface that stores metadata associated with each book. Accessed data is presented in a customized viewing format as specified by various views and forms associated with each book.
申请公布号
WO9901802(A2)
申请公布日期
1999.01.14
申请号
WO1998US13794
申请日期
1998.07.01
申请人
SANGA INTERNATIONAL, INC.;MAINE, SHAUN, P., J.;LUSSIER, MARK, J.;STEVENS, ANDREW, G.
发明人
MAINE, SHAUN, P., J.;LUSSIER, MARK, J.;STEVENS, ANDREW, G.