The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1993
James H Waldo, Dracut, MA (US);
Kenneth C Arnold, Newton Centre, MA (US);
Marlena E Erdos, Somerville, MA (US);
Douglas B Robinson, Hollis, NH (US);
D Jeffrey Hoffman, Nashua, NH (US);
Lamar D Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter S Showman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael J Cannon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew F Seaborne, Bristol, GB;
Brian W McBride, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D Harrison, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An object oriented distributed computing system is provided. Processing means call a location service within automatically generated stubs in response to a request for a service provided by a particular object. The location service is automatically called on behalf of the requester to locate the target object when the request is issued. Multiple Object Managers reflecting multiple Object Models are permitted in the system. Programmers and users do not need to know the Object Model adhered to by an Object Manager. A request to any object in the system is independent of the Object Model of the sought object's Object Manager. A generic interface enables new Object Managers reflecting new Object Models to be easily added to the system. Availability of the target object is independent of association of the target object with a process at the time the request was issued. Deactivation of processes is automatically accomplished in response to the system needing resources.