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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Ellard T. Roush, Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ellard T. Roush, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system thereof for supporting multiple versions of software, such as software organized as components or objects. In one embodiment, a software component (e.g., a new object) is implemented on a server node. A translator is created on the server node. The translator provides an interface to the new object for an invocation request associated with a different version of the object (e.g., an older version of the object). The new object is referenced by one identifier, and the translator is referenced by another identifier. In essence, the translator provides a form of version transparency.