Method and apparatus for portable object handles that use local caches
US5287507A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/465
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for client programs adapted for use in an object oriented, distributed computing system, to have the ability to communicate and use references to objects in a way which improves the benefits of software caching are disclosed. A mechanism is described whereby a network object handle (an augmented object handle) can be used to reference both a server and a local cache manager. When the augmented object handle is transmitted it is automatically updated to use a local cache manager in its target environment (i.e. on the same machine on which the receiving client program resides) if possible.
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