According to the preferred embodiment, a computer system and method for providing access to a software application from a web browser over the WWW is disclosed. The system includes one or more computers executing a web browser, a web server application, an application gateway, and a software application....http://www.google.cl/patents/US6901425?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6901425 - Computer apparatus and method including a disconnect mechanism for communicating between software applications and computers on the world-wide web