Encapsulated network entity reference of a network component system for integrating object oriented software components

Patent 6344855 Issued on February 5, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 26, 2019. 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.

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Inventors

Assignee

Apple Computer, Inc.

Application

No. 360710 filed on 07/26/1999

US Classes:

345/501, COMPUTER GRAPHIC PROCESSING SYSTEM709/218Using interconnected networks

Examiners

Primary: Feild, Joseph H.
Assistant: Bashore, William

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Cesari and McKenna, LLP

Foreign Patent References

91/07719 WO. 05/13/1991

International Classes

G06F 016/15
G06F 015/00

Abstract

A network-oriented component system efficiently accesses information from a network resource located on a computer network by creating an encapsulated network entity that contains a reference to that resource. The encapsulated entity is preferably implemented as a network component stored on a computer remotely displaced from the referenced resource. In addition, the encapsulated entity may be manifested as a visual object on a graphical user interface of a computer screen. Such visual manifestation allows a user to easily manipulate the entity in order to display the contents of the resource on the screen or to electronically forward the entity over the network.

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