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Method and apparatus for activating and executing remote objects

US5613148A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 1995
Grant dateMar 18, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/465
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for activating and executing objects containing data and procedures including the steps of relaying, by a first object in a first address space, a communication from a process in a second address space to a second object in the first address space, activating, by the second object, a third object containing data and procedures in response to the relayed communication, and executing, by the activated third object, an operation in response to the relayed communication. In addition, an apparatus for activating and executing remote objects containing data and procedures including a first object in a first address space for relaying a communication from a process in a second address space to a second object in the first address space, apparatus for activating, in the second object, a third object containing data and procedures in response to the relayed communication, and apparatus for executing, in the activated third object, an operation in response to the relayed communication.

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