Methods and apparatus for providing dynamic invocation of applications in a distributed heterogeneous environment
November 3, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesData processing system Data processing system having a memory using object-based information and a protection scheme for determining access rights to such information Method of file access in a distributed processing computer network Virtual single machine with message-like hardware interrupts and processor exceptions System for merging virtual partitions of a distributed database Multiprocessor system and control method therefor Data processing system and method for the direct and indirect execution of uniformly structured object types Apparatus and method for control of one computer system by another computer system Method for compiling a master task definition data set for defining the logical data flow of a distributed processing network System and method for accessing remote files in a distributed networking environment InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 148607 filed on 11/03/1993US Classes:709/203, Client/server707/10, Distributed or remote access709/219Accessing a remote serverExaminersPrimary: Shaw, Gareth D.Assistant: Butler, Dennis M. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 009/44AbstractA method and apparatus providing for the interaction of processes in an object-oriented manner by which a system manages "classes" of data instances and applications rather than managing the data itself. The names of classes may be stored in a data base which also contains other information about the classes, such as certain con, non attributes of applications or instances which are supported by the classes. Applications can remotely invoke other applications by sending messages with parameters. Using the message names, as well as information about the classes of certain parameters and certain preference information, a reference to a specific method is selected from the data base. That method will perform the operation specified in the message. Other information in the data base is then used to locate and execute the actual code to implement the referenced method.Other References
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