Routing objects on action paths in a distributed computing system
CA 2041992 A1 · Owner: Digital Equipment Corporation · Inventors: Artsy, Yeshayahu
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A system for routing an "object" (in the sense that object means an abstraction that encapsulates data in a known way, with a known list of operations or methods to access the data, and the object has a unique identity is, mobile, and possibly persistent). The "object" is routed in a distributed computing system along an action path (itself an "object") which defines the logical path to be traversed by the object. The action path consists of action stops naming or describing functionally principals (people or automated mechanisms) required to act upon the routed object in a prescribed order. The object routing system propagates the object along this action path and, monitors and controls …
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- Filed May 7, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 7, 2011.
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