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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
May. 07, 1999
Michael R. C. Seaman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevin W. Ross, Duvall, WA (US);
Mark S. Blanford, Redmond, WA (US);
Isaac J. Heizer, Woodinville, WA (US);
Daniel E. F. Plastina, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An event system is provided within an object-oriented environment. The event system informs users and system functions of events within the system. Events may be modeled as objects that are visible within the global namespace. These objects include event source objects and event sink objects. Event source objects generate event reports and event sink objects are the objects that receive reports. Special objects may be incorporated in the system to direct event reports from an event source object to an event sink object.