In a distributed computing system having a network of computers linked for accessing objects distributed among said computers, some of said computers executing object access software enabling interested parties to request access to said objects for display of accessed ones of said objects, a computer-implemented method of operating at least one of said computers for automatically notifying said interested parties when objects of interest are changed, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of: a) accepting from said interested parties specifications of the objects of interest; b) maintaining in memory a list of the interested parties interested in each of the objects of interest; c) detecting occurrence of changes in the objects of interest, and in response to detecting the occurrence of a change in an object of interest, determining whether an update notification would then be desirable for each interested party in the list of interested parties interested in the object of interest in which the occurrence of change is detected; and d) upon determining that an update notification would then be desirable for one of the interested parties in response to detecting the occurrence of change in one of said objects of interest, notifying said one of the interested parties of the occurrence of change in said one of said objects of interest for display of said one of said objects of interest. view more

In a distributed computing system having a network of computers linked for accessing objects distributed among said computers, some of said computers executing object access software for enabling interested parties to request access to said objects, a computer-implemented method of operating at least one of said computers for notifying a group of said interested parties when a change of significance is made to an object of interest to said group, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of: a) accepting from said interested parties specifications of the objects of interest; b) maintaining in memory a list of the interested parties interested in each of the objects of interest; c) determining, for each object of interest, whether a change of significance has been made to an object of interest; and d) upon determining that a change of significance has been made to an object of interest, using the list of interested parties interested in the object of interest that has changed to notify the interested parties interested in the object of interest that has changed. view more

In a distributed computing system having a network of computers linked for accessing objects distributed among said computers, some of said computers executing object access software for enabling interested parties to request access to said objects, a computer-implemented method of operating at least one of said computers based on time-value of information in said objects, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of: a) receiving from the interested parties specifications of objects of interest; b) maintaining in memory a list of the interested parties interested in the objects of interest; c) evaluating whether a time-value of each object of interest exceeds a threshold to determine whether said each object of interest has sufficient information value to notify the interested parties interested in said each object of interest; and d) upon determining that said each object of interest has sufficient information value to notify the interested parties interested in said each object of interest, notifying the interested parties interested in said each object of interest. view more

In a distributed computing system having a network of computers linked for accessing objects distributed among said computers, some of said computers executing object access software for enabling interested parties to request access to said objects, a computer-implemented method of operating at least one of said computers based on time-value of information in said objects, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of: a) receiving from the interested parties specifications of objects of interest; b) maintaining in memory a list of the interested parties interested in the objects of interest; c) evaluating whether a time-value of each object of interest exceeds a threshold to determine whether said each object of interest has sufficient information value to notify the interested parties interested in said each object of interest; and d) upon determining that said each object of interest has sufficient information value to notify the interested parties interested in said each object of interest, notifying the interested parties interested in said each object of interest; which further includes receiving from the interested parties specifications for evaluating the time-value of objects of interest to the interested parties. view more

In a distributed computing system having a network of computers linked for accessing objects distributed among said computers, some of said computers executing object access software enabling interested parties to request access to said objects, a computer-implemented method of operating at least one of said computers for automatically notifying said interested parties when conditions of interest occur with respect to objects of interest, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of: a) accepting from said interested parties specifications of the objects of interest, and specifications of respective conditions of interest in the objects of interest; b) for each of the objects of interest, maintaining in memory a respective list of the interested parties and the conditions of interest for the interested parties; and c) checking whether a respective condition of interest occurs with respect to an object of interest, and when a respective condition of interest is found with respect to an object of interest, determining whether or not notification of the occurrence of the condition of interest to at least one of the interested parties would then be desirable, and when notification of the condition of interest to said at least one of the interested parties would then be desirable, notifying said at least one of the interested parties of the occurrence of the condition of interest with respect to the object of interest. view more

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