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Expiration informer

  • US 20020078077A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2000
  • Published: 06/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for controlling expiration of a plurality of objects in a computing environment, each object having an expiration time and a reference, comprising:

  • providing a sequence of time intervals;

    providing one or more containers, each container having a corresponding container reference, a corresponding time interval in the sequence and containing all objects with expiration times that fall within the corresponding time interval of such container; and

    removing the container reference of at least one of the plurality of containers and of the references of all the objects in said at least one container at or near the end of the corresponding time interval of said at least one container.

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