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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1998
Michael L. Fraenkel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Binh Q. Nguyen, Cary, NC (US);
Sandeep Kishan Singhal, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for managing shared data elements among a plurality of different client processes in a network environment. Shared data elements are associated with a Flow. A Flow is a logical stream of data that is only transmitted to a client process that explicitly subscribes for updates from the Flow. Update requests for the shared data elements are transmitted from client processes along the Flow so as to request the receipt of update notifications along the Flow. Update notifications are also transmitted about the shared data elements to the client processes along the Flow which have requested update notifications. Content of the shared data elements is, thereby, delivered to applications executing within said at least one client process which have requested updates of the shared data elements.