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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Graham W. Glass, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Recursion Software, Inc., Frisco, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 ;
Abstract
A method for determining the timing for reclaiming a remote object ( ) according to the teachings of the present invention includes the step of first creating a remote object ( ) of a virtual object ( ). The remote object has a default death criteria that can be overwritten by lifespan messages. The virtual object ( ) may send the lifespan message ( ) to the remote object ( ) to change its death criteria. The remote object ( ) is reclaimed in response to the death criteria being met.