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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:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Travis, Jr, Concord, MA (US);
Andrew P Wilson, Commons Brink, GB;
Neal F Jacobson, Nashua, NH (US);
Michael J Renzullo, Ashland, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 39520001 ; 395683 ;
Abstract
In response to a message requesting a method invocation from an application or user, a client application determines the proper method to be invoked by retrieving information from a class data base, comparing the retrieved information with user preferences, and selecting the proper method based upon the comparison. Server connection and start-up involves locating a platform capable of executing code associated with the selected method and, if necessary, executing a process to start an application associated with the selected method.