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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Keith Sterling, London, GB;
Richard Hughes, London, GB;
Allan Jenkins, London, GB;
William Box, London, GB;
Ian Middleton, London, GB;
Keith Sterling, London, GB;
Richard Hughes, London, GB;
Allan Jenkins, London, GB;
William Box, London, GB;
Ian Middleton, London, GB;
Jacobs Rimell Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A method of locating objects in a distributed electronic environment comprising defining a plurality of object-types, which object-types are assigned a plurality of attributes, one attribute being an object-precedence attribute. A plurality of home locations for objects are defined. When a new object is instantiated, which object has associations with other objects, the new object is located at the home location of the existing object which has the highest precedence value of all the associated objects.