Object-oriented rule-based protocol system
CA 2178583 A1 · Owner: Object Technology Licensing Corporation · Inventors: Pettus, Christopher Edward
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On a multi-node client server network, a client node obtains access to remote services by means of a communications directory service located in each node of the network. The communications directory service includes a tree structure to which existing directory services and other network services can be added. The tree structure has a plurality of nodes each of which includes specific methods that query and browse the associated directory service if such actions are supported by the underlying service. The communications directory service further includes shared libraries which store a service object associated with each service offered on the network. The service object in, turn, includes …
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- Filed April 11, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 11, 2014.
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