Method and apparatus for improving the performance of object invocation
US6718550B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/548
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data structures, methods and devices for reducing computing overhead by utilizing different invocation paths for same process and different process invocations in a distributed client/server based computing system are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, calls to a servant that do not share the same process as the requesting client are routed through a transport layer, and calls to servants that do share the same process as the requesting client are passed directly to the servant, thereby bypassing the transport layer. In another aspect of the invention, distinct remote and local method tables are provided to facilitate intelligent routing of requests. In still another aspect of the invention, the appropriate method table for an object reference is intelligently selected based upon the location of the identified object.
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