SERVER OPERATING SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CLIENT-SERVER SESSIONS AND DYNAMIC RECONNECTION OF USERS TO PREVIOUS SESSIONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server operating system enabling a user to begin a session and later dynamically reconnect to that session even if the user uses two different client computers. SOLUTION: When a user connects to the server via a first client, the stack protocol manager assigns a first protocol stack to this first client-server connection and the session manager creates a first session for the user. When the user subsequently reconnects to the server using a second client that is different from the first client, the stack manager assigns a second protocol stack to a second client-server connection. During this latter process, however, the session manager recognizes that the user is affiliated with the first session. The session manager then reassociates the second protocol stack with the reconfigured first session so that the user is returned to his/her original session, even though they logged on from a different client. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT