Method and apparatus for automatic execution of concatenated methods across multiple heterogeneous data sources
US7007275B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/5017
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Heterogeneous data at a plurality of remote nodes is accessed automatically in parallel at high speed from a user site using a simple script request containing a data source object name wherein the heterogeneous data is treated as a single data source object, the script further containing at least one method to be performed on the data source object and at least a second method to be automatically performed on the results of executing the first method. A user site agent breaks the user-generated script into new scripts appropriate for execution at the remote nodes and determines whether the second method should be executed at the remote nodes or at the user site. A messenger process transmits the new scripts to the appropriate remote nodes where respective agent processes respond to automatically access the appropriate data and to automatically execute the specified methods.
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