US2007185975A120070809US2007185975enA120070809US2007185975enUS73496407National20070413US7349640720070413USUS20070734964US8721300420040617USUS20040872130US6843090020001006USUS200006843091087213009684309US200718597520070809A1G06Q 4004LI20130101EPBHH04L 63029FI20130101EPBHH04L 2906LI20130101EPBHH04L 630428LA20130101EPBHH04L 63168LA20130101EPBHH04L 6702LI20131017EPBHH04L 6726LA20131017EPBHG06F 15/16 20060101AFI20070809BHUS 20060101AFI20070809BHUSG06F1516G06Q 40/04 20120101A I20160513RMEP 20120101ALI20160513RMEPG06Q4004H04L 29/06 20060101A I20051008RMEP 20060101ALI20051008RMEPH04L2906H04L 29/08 20060101A I20070721RMEP 20060101ALI20070721RMEPH04L2908Asynchronous Hypertext MessagingUS6028862A20000222US6199096B120010306US5748896A19980505US6892240B120050510US6256750B120010703US6263367B120010717US6629144B120030930US6321350B120011120US6654137B120031125US5136695A19920804US5283888A19940201US5440744A19950808US6047327A20000404US6137792A20001024US6260148B120010710US6404762B120020611US6408282B120020618US6438594B120020820US6504852B120030107US6631415B120031007US6708171B120040316US6754621B120040622US6799210B120040928US6976262B120051213US7123608B120061017US7137119B120061114CUNNINGHAM ANDREWGBHELLON CRAIGGBCUNNINGHAM ANDREWHELLON CRAIGREUTERS AMERICA INCUSREUTERS AMERICA, INC.An asynchronous hypertext messaging system and method are disclosed. The system and method use existing hypertext transfer protocols and is capable of transmitting real-time asynchronous data between server and client regardless of firewalls or proxy servers implemented at the client or the server. In a communication system comprising a client and server interconnected by an internet, initial authentication is performed initially between the server and the client. A secure log in is performed by the client with the server in conjunction with a possible java applet download. The communication server then initiates a multiplexed virtual connection between the server and the client and transmission of asynchronous real-time data can occur over the virtual connection. The virtual connection is periodically refreshed by a request issued from the java applet.