A library of reentrant networking functions organized with file system semantics is provided to allow a client application on a client computer connected to a computer network to establish communications with and exchange information with a server application on a server network computer. The library...http://www.google.de/patents/US5987517?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5987517 - System having a library of protocol independent reentrant network interface functions for providing common calling interface for communication and application protocols
