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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1999
Kazuhiro Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a local area network, at least one host terminal has an application program and operates as a source host and other host terminals operate as destination hosts. Each host terminal executes a file management program. The source host, when executing its file management program, updates its management table with an application name identifying the application program and a file name, and transmits a request message to the destination hosts. Each destination host, when executing its file management program, responds to the request message by acquiring the application program from the source host if the application program is nonexistent in the destination host and updates its management table with the application name and the file name. Each host terminal starts the application program by opening a file identified by the file name and collaborates on a joint project with other host terminals.