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Cooperative processing interface and communication broker for heterogeneous computing environments

US5329619A · kind A · utility

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7References

26Claims

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Assignee

SOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Peter Page · Darmstadt, DE
Ruediger Warns · Alsbach, DE
Terence G. Kennedy · Darmstadt, DE
Omid Ejtemai-Jandaghi · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 1992
Grant date	Jul 12, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99948
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object interface is disclosed that supports three modes of inter-object communication--message processing (store and forward), conversational communication, and remote procedure call. A service broker manages service requests from, and responsive services provided by, a plurality of clients and servers, respectively, which may reside on different hardware platforms and operating systems and may be connected to computer networks having different network architectures and associated communications protocols. The broker manages the service offerings from servers and service requests from clients, and clients and servers communicate and exchange information with one another via the broker. The service broker includes different application programming interfaces for allowing participants to access the functionality of the service broker.

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