Patent №
US 6,407,752
Granted
2002-06-18
Filed 1997
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08841220
The present invention provides a method and system for utilizing a Desktop user interface to access remote FTP hosts. The present invention is intended to eliminate the context switch between user interface metaphors when users want to utilize FTP and its associated file transfer functionality to access data on remote filed systems. A method and system in accordance for allowing a remote host using a user interface of a processing system comprising the steps of identifying a plurality of programming interface operations for the remote host and mapping a user interface code to the programming interface operations to allow for the user interface to be utilized when accessing the remote host The system and method in accordance with the present invention maps the FTP command line operations to iterations on and between objects that are already present in a user interface metaphor of the operating system of a computer system. In so doing, the FTP host appears to be an extension of the computer system.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 85440049
IBM CORPORATION
assignment · 126540601
Assignors
DALAL, HORMAZDYAR M., NGUYEN, DU BINH, RATHORE, HAZARA S.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.