Technique to minimize data transfer between two computers
US6345314B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A host computer provides an object stored in the host computer to a target computer. In response to a need for an object at the target computer, the host computer generates and transfers to the target computer a proxy program instead of the object. The proxy program, when executed at the target computer, provides the object. Usually, the proxy program is much shorter than the object itself, and this reduces message traffic. The proxy program has various forms such as a call to another program resident in the target computer to recreate the object or a request to a function within the target computer to provide the object. The host computer can also be programmed into an object oriented environment, the object referencing other objects, and the proxy program forming an agent in the target computer which requests these other objects from the host computer only as needed by the target computer.
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