公开(公告)号：US07149959B1

公开(公告)日：2006-12-12

申请号：US09690326

申请日：2000-10-16

Applicant: Stuart Edward Jones ,  Mark Edward Sweat

Inventor： Stuart Edward Jones ,  Mark Edward Sweat

IPC: G06F15/16

CPC classification number: G06F15/16 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  Y10S707/99952

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for an application programming interface (API) on a client computer that enables access to architectural project information stored across the internet on a server site. The server site maintains an organization for the architectural information in the form of containers for storing, managing, and sharing files for one or more architectural projects, wherein the files comprise drawings, documents, communications, and tasks related to the architectural projects. The API of the invention permits third parties to create custom clients or permit direct access to a site hosted on a server. Such an API operates with both thick (.exe) and thin (.html) clients. The API establishes/obtains a connection between the client and the server to enable such access. For example, if the user desires to store a file on the server site, the user selects the appropriate server site/folder from within an application program executing the API. The API may then require the user to logon and confirms that the user has appropriate access permissions to work with the server site/folder. Once confirmed, the connection session is established. During the session, the user may access and download files as desired while maintaining the storage structure of architectural information stored on the server site.

Abstract translation: 客户计算机上的应用编程接口（API）的方法，装置和制品，其能够访问在服务器站点上互联网上存储的建筑项目信息。 服务器站点以用于存储，管理和共享一个或多个架构项目的文件的容器的形式维护架构信息的组织，其中文件包括与建筑项目相关的图纸，文档，通信和任务。 本发明的API允许第三方创建自定义客户端或允许直接访问服务器上托管的站点。 这样的API可以同时使用厚（.exe）和瘦（.html）客户端。 API建立/获取客户端和服务器之间的连接以启用此类访问。 例如，如果用户希望在服务器站点上存储文件，则用户从执行API的应用程序中选择适当的服务器站点/文件夹。 然后，API可能要求用户登录并确认用户具有与服务器站点/文件夹一起使用的适当访问权限。 一旦确认，建立连接会话。 在会话期间，用户可以在维护服务器站点上存储的架构信息的存储结构的同时访问和下载文件。