75374989
Oct 17, 1997
COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS FOR USE IN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION THAT PERMITS THE TRANSFER, TRANSMISSION AND INTEGRATION OF DATA, TEXT, GRAPHICS AND CODE BETWEEN DIFFERENT APPLICATION PROGRAMS, OPERATING SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PLATFORMS; PROVIDES AN INTERFACE BETWEEN COMPUTER NETWORKS FOR THE TRANSFER, TRANSMISSION AND INTEGRATION OF DATA, TEXT, GRAPHICS AND CODE; AND ENABLES THE EXPANDED USE BY TRANSMITTING APPLICATION PROGRAMS VIA INTERCONNECTED COMPUTER NETWORKS AND LOCAL NETWORKS LINKED BY COMMON PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION WITHIN BUSINESS ENTITIES; COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS; NETWORKING BETWEEN DIFFERENT HARDWARE SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, DATABASES, PROGRAMS, PROTOCOLS, PLATFORMS; INTERFACING OR INTEGRATING BETWEEN NETWORKS OF HARDWARE, OPERATING SYSTEMS AND/OR SOFTWARE; INTERFACING BETWEEN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DATABASES, PROGRAMS, PROTOCOLS, PLATFORMS; COMMUNICATING AND INTERFACING BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMPUTER PLATFORMS AND SYSTEMS IN LOCAL NETWORKS; ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS PRODUCTS, NAMELY, DATABASES RECORDED ON CD-ROM, FLOPPY DISCS, BLANK MAGNETIC COMPUTER TAPES, AND MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CARDS, AND PROPRIETARY PROTOCOLS THAT ENABLES THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATION PROGRAMS AND SOLVES DATE-RELATED PROBLEMS; AND COMPUTER UTILITY PROGRAMS FOR USE WITH THE FOREGOING
Electrical and Scientific Apparatus