METHOD FOR LOADING A FUNCTION PROVIDED BY A FIRST COMPUTER (SERVER) ONTO A SECOND COMPUTER (CLIENT)

摘要

A function is to be loaded from a first computer onto a second computer via a network, preferably a computer network or a communication network. To that end, the second computer, in addition to containing an operating system, also contains a platform-independent system, preferably a JAVA virtual machine, which assures that platform-independent code (JAVA byte code) can be run on this second computer by the operating system of the second computer. In addition to platform-independent code, platform-dependent code, specifically for the hardware of the second computer, can be loaded from the first computer, whereby the losses in running time resulting from platform-independent code are avoided. To that end, the first computer comprises the required platform-dependent functions, preferably as dynamic libraries that are potentially requested from the second computer, in order to achieve gains in running time on the second computer.