Protocol agnostic request response pattern
US6996833B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/03
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating communications over a protocol is provided. The system includes a class factory that holds identifiers associated with determining which, if any, registered protocol object creator should be employed to create a protocol object. The protocol object implements an abstract network protocol base class. The protocol object is employed to abstract details of communicating over a protocol and to provide a byte stream interface to communications occurring over the protocol, while removing protocol specific code from an application program. The method includes creating an instance of a protocol object from a source of registered protocol handlers based on a request to communicate over a protocol and using a base class API to communicate over the protocol through the protocol object.
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