Appeal 2007-0760
Application 09/974,373
environment where the client (150, 155) and the server (110) are not
continuously connected to each other. Particularly, an application running
on the client computer (150, 155) periodically sends status messages to a
corresponding application running on the server (110) to inform the server
that the client computer is still on-line as well as to inform the server of the
on-line resources that the client is currently using. (Specification 4.)
Claims 1 and 8 are representative of the claimed invention. They
read as follows:
1. A system for monitoring a communication connection between a
client computer and a server application in a disconnected environment
where there is no continuous connection between said client computer and
said server application, running on a server computer, connected to said
client computer over a network, said system comprising:
a client application running on said client computer,
wherein said client application subscribes to said server application
and periodically sends a status signal to said server application in said
disconnected environment so long as said client application continues to use
resources of said server computer, and
wherein continued receipt of said status signal by said server
computer informs said server application that said client computer is
maintaining a connection with said server computer and said status signal
comprises data identifying resources currently being used by said client
computer.
8. A system for monitoring a communication connection between a
client application, running on a client and a server computer connected to
said client computer over a network in a disconnected environment wherein
there is no continuous connection between said client computer and said
server application, said system comprising:
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