Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra – Application program interface
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-11
2005-01-11
An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2126)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra
Application program interface
C717S162000, C717S167000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06842903
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for providing dynamic references between services in a computer system which allows a first service (e.g. an application program running on a client computer in a local environment) to gain reference to a second service (e.g. a service running on a server computer in a distributed environment) without requiring knowledge of how to find the service or a particular version of the service on a distributed computer network. In a particular embodiment disclosed, when a getService method is called, a reference back to an instance of the service is returned and an implementation of a service connector interface encapsulates the logic necessary to lookup an instance of a specific service and return a reference to that service. In this regard, developers of a service may write, or program, a module that adheres to a service connector interface. Users of a service specify that the service connector provided by the service can be used to dynamically gain a reference to the service in their application. Additional methods can be added to the service connectors to support retrieval of references to specific versions or instances of a service.
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An Meng-Al T.
Anya Charles
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Kubida William J.
Lembke Kent A.
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