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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
James F. Arnold, Helena, MT (US);
Scott W. Shaw, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathan W. Williams, Helena, MT (US);
D. Scott Seaton, Fremont, CA (US);
Carla P. Woodworth, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Casper, Mountain View, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for maintaining updated information on client/server object-oriented computing systems are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a client/server object-based computing system includes a server which has a server object list that is arranged to include objects that are to be updated. The system also includes a client which has a client object list that contains an object in which the client has interest. The objects that are to be updated include the object in which the client has interest, and the server is arranged to send a message to the client that indicates that the object in which the client has interested should be updated on the client. In one embodiment, the client and the server are in communication over a low-bandwidth link.