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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
James H. Waldo, Dracut, MA (US);
Ann M. Wollrath, Groton, MA (US);
Robert Scheifler, Somerville, MA (US);
Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A system for leasing a group membership in a distributed processing system is provided. In accordance with this system, a remote object requests from an activation group a membership in the activation group for a period of time. Responsive to this request, the activation group determines an appropriate lease period during which time the remote object becomes a member of the activation group and runs in the same address space as other objects of the activation group.