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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
David T. Sulcer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lawrence M. Ackner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Donna S. Lowe-cleveland, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David T. Sulcer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lawrence M. Ackner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Donna S. Lowe-Cleveland, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method that involves receiving a message from a remote device, the message comprising either a definition, a state change, a command or some combination thereof; processing the definition (if any) before the state change (if any); and processing the state change (if any) before processing the command (if any). Another method that involves recognizing a dependence on a remote device; and sending a message to the remote device, the message comprising either a definition, a state change, a command or some combination thereof. Also apparati having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the above methods.