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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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US Patent 5483652 - Mechanism for locating without search discrete application resources known by common name only in a distributed network computing environment
US Patent Issued on January 9, 1996
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
January 24, 2014Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
January 24, 2014Estimated 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.AbstractMethod and apparatus facilitating the processing of a request from a client application for a service, or for access to a resource, in a distributed computing environment. A shared repository is organized in such a manner that binding information, defining how a server is accessed, can be stored in the repository and accessed by multiple clients without their having knowledge of more than the common name for the requested service, or the common name of a specific resource for performing the service. The binding information for each server is stored in a server entry sub-hierarchy of the namespace in the shared repository, and the full names of server entries are stored in a service entry sub-hierarchy of the namespace and a resource entry sub-hierarchy of the namespace. When a client requests access to a service or to a specific resource, the server entry names are accessible from the service entry sub-hierarchy of the namespace or the resource entry sub-hierarchy of the namespace, using only common names for the service or resource. Once a server entry name is obtained, the binding information is retrieved for the client, and a logical connection can be established between the client and the requested service or resource, without having to provide each client with detailed information about the location or name of the server binding information.Other References
| InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 185617 filed on 01/24/1994US Classes:707/10, Distributed or remote access707/200FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCEExaminersPrimary: Black, Thomas G.Assistant: Amsbury, Wayne Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References4644470, Non-unique names for broadcast messagesIssued on: 02/17/1987 Inventor: Feigenbaum , et al.5313646, Method and apparatus for translucent file system Issued on: 05/17/1994 Inventor: Hendricks, et al.5377323Apparatus and method for a federated naming system which can resolve a composite name composed of names from any number of disparate naming systems Issued on: 12/27/1994 Inventor: Vasudevan International ClassG06F 017/30 |
