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Methods, systems and computer program products for management of application programs on a network including a server supporting client stations are provided. The server provides applications on-demand to a user logging in to a client supported by the server. Mobility is provided to the user and har

Methods, systems and computer program products for management of application programs on a network including a server supporting client stations are provided. The server provides applications on-demand to a user logging in to a client supported by the server. Mobility is provided to the user and hardware portability is provided by establishing a user desktop interface responsive to a login request which presents to the user a desktop screen through a web browser interface which accesses and downloads selected application programs from the server responsive to a request from the user on the user desktop screen at the client. The application program is then provided from the server and executed at the client. The application program may further be customized to conform to the user's preferences and may also provide for license use management by determining license availability before initiating execution of the application program. Finally, software distribution and installation may be provided from a single network management server.

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Methods, systems and computer program products for management of application programs on a network including a server supporting client stations are provided. The server provides applications on-demand to a user logging in to a client supported by the server. Mobility is provided to the user and har

Methods, systems and computer program products for management of application programs on a network including a server supporting client stations are provided. The server provides applications on-demand to a user logging in to a client supported by the server. Mobility is provided to the user and hardware portability is provided by establishing a user desktop interface responsive to a login request which presents to the user a desktop screen through a web browser interface which accesses and downloads selected application programs from the server responsive to a request from the user on the user desktop screen at the client. The application program is then provided from the server and executed at the client. The application program may further be customized to conform to the user's preferences and may also provide for license use management by determining license availability before initiating execution of the application program. Finally, software distribution and installation may be provided from a single network management server. Spicing up the Web", Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, Jul. 18, 2000, vol. 13, No. 23, pp. 94, ISSN- 0747-4652. No-Author, "Trinagy's New Insight for Dial Access Solution Suite Delivers Proactive Management of Dial-Up Service Offerings", Newswire, Apr. 24, 2001, pp. 2448. No-Author, "IP Axess Adds Fixed-Wireless Service Provider to Participants in Its Expanding Evaluation Program", Newswire, Apr. 4, 2001, pp. 2225. No-Author, "Ubrandit.com Adds Gigitel and Zodiac Cafe to Virtual ISP Client List", Newswire, Oct. 16, 2000, pp. 0709. No-Author, "Netopia Introduces First ADSL Routers to Offer Integrated Backup Module for "Fast Track" Deployment and Fully Redundant Internet Connectivity", Newswire, May 24, 2000, pp. 0514.9. No-Author, "Broadmedia Introduces G-Phone DLX IP Phone (Product Announcement)" Tele-Service News, Jun. 1, 2000, vol. 12, No. 6, pp. NA. International Search Report--PCT/US01/05152, May 9, 2001. International Search Report--PCT/US01/05724, Jun. 8, 2001. s for which access by a user of said client computer is authorized. 11. The computer system of claim 10 wherein selection at said client computer of one application from said list defines said selected destination server, said selection being further operative to send a uniform resource locator (URL) to said gateway proxy server, said URL comprising a domain name portion and said identifier appended as a suffix thereto. 12. The computer system of claim 11 wherein said gateway proxy server is configured to receive said URL, extract said identifier, and build a selected-application cookie. 13. The computer system of claim 12 wherein said appending means of said gateway comprises a plug-in associated with said gateway proxy server configured to recognize said selected-application cookie, and in response thereto, append said identifier to said message. 14. A computer system for providing access from a client computer over an insecure public network to a selected one of a plurality of destination servers on a secure private network each executing a corresponding application, said computer system comprising: a firewall system between said insecure network and said secure private network; a proxy server disposed on said insecure network side of said firewall system, said proxy server being configured to establish a secure connection over said insecure network to said client computer; a gateway disposed between said proxy server and said private network on said private network side of said firewall system; an authorization server for authenticating a user of said client system, and indicating whether said user is authorized to access said selected destination server; and, wherein said gateway includes means for appending, prior to routing, an identifier to a message received from said client computer destined for said selected destination server said identifier being associated with a respective application with which said selected destination server is associated and means for routing said message to said selected destination server as a function of said identifier. 15. The computer system of claim 14 wherein said proxy server comprises a demilitarized zone (DMZ) proxy server, and said gateway includes a gateway proxy server and a gateway web server configured to transmit to said client computer a list including a plurality of applications executing on said destination servers for which access by said user is authorized, selection at said client computer of one application from said list being operative to (i) define said selected destination server and (ii) send to said gateway proxy server a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising a domain name portion and said identifier appended as a suffix thereto. 16. The computer system of claim 15 wherein said gateway proxy server is configured to receive said URL, to extract said identifier, and to build a selected-application cookie for transmission to said client computer, and wherein said appending means of said gateway comprises a plug-in associated with said gateway proxy server configured to recognize said selected-application cookie, and in response thereto, append said identifier to said message. 17. A method for providing access from a client computer over an insecure public network to one of a plurality of destination servers on a secure private network each executing a corresponding application, said method comprising the steps of: (A) determining one or more applications from the plurality of applications executing on the destination servers for which access by a user of the client computer is authorized; (B) associating a uniform resource locator (URL) having an identifier appended thereto with each determined application; (C) building an application cookie using the identifier portion of the URL corresponding to a selected one of the applications determined in step (A); (D) appending the identifier to a message from the client computer destined for the destinat ion server using the application cookie; and, (E) routing the message to one of the plurality of destination servers executing the selected application as function of the appended identifier. 18. The method of claim 17 wherein said identifier comprises a character string appended as a suffix. o the array of view tiles transmitted to the Web browser are computed by the server in a clockwise or counterclockwise spiral sequence outward from the array of view tiles transmitted. 29. A method of identifying and delivering a graphical image from a computer network file server comprising providing a network file server on which are stored digital document image files, said server adapted to receive requests from a Web browser in Uniform Resource Locator (URL) code, to identify the image file and format selections being requested, to compose the requested view into a grid of view tiles, and to transmit HTML code for view tiles to the requesting Web browser; wherein the URL view request identifies the image file, tile number within the image file, formats comprising one or more of position, scale, rotation angle, x mirror, y mirror, inversion, region, opcode to select an updated view, and view template to determine the presentation of the view, and wherein the transmitted HTML code for the view tiles causes the requesting Web br