Distributed networking system for resource-constrained computing devices
First Claim
1. A host computer for providing at least one network client with access to at least one network service in a distributed computing environment, the host computer comprising:
- a network interface for interfacing the host computer with the network; and
a data processing system in communication with the network interface;
the data processing system being configured to transmit lookup service interface means to the at least one network client, the lookup service means including a reference to the at least one network service.
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Abstract
A host computer provides at least one network client with access to at least one network service in a distributed computing environment includes a data processing system that is configured to provide the network clients with access by transmitting lookup service interface means to the network clients. The host computer includes a lookup service which has information associated with each network service. The lookup service means is “self-contained”, in that it includes a reference to the network service sufficient to allow the network client to communicate with the network service. The lookup service interface means comprises a non-proxy interface object that is configured to facilitate non-proxy communication with the lookup service.
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52 Claims
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1. A host computer for providing at least one network client with access to at least one network service in a distributed computing environment, the host computer comprising:
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a network interface for interfacing the host computer with the network; and
a data processing system in communication with the network interface;
the data processing system being configured to transmit lookup service interface means to the at least one network client, the lookup service means including a reference to the at least one network service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing at least one network client with access to at least one network service in a distributed computing environment, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a host computer an access request to a lookup service from the at least one network client; and
transmitting lookup service interface means to the at least one network client, the lookup service means including a reference to the at least one network service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium including processing instructions for a general purpose computer, the processing instructions defining in the computer a data processing system for interfacing the computer with a network;
- the data processing system being configured to transmit lookup service interface means over the network to at least one network client, the lookup service means including a reference to at least one network service available over the network.
- View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- 35. An electronic signal defining lookup service interface means in a client computer interfacing with a computer network, the lookup service means including a reference to at least one network service available over the network.
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41. A host computer for providing at least one network client with access to at least one network service in a distributed computing environment, the host computer comprising:
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a network interface for interfacing the host computer with the network; and
a data processing system in communication with the network interface;
the data processing system including a lookup service comprising information associated with the at least one network service, the data processing system being configured to transmit lookup service interface means to the at least one network client, the lookup service means comprising an interface object which is configured to facilitate non-proxy communication with the lookup service. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for providing at least one network client with access to at least one network service in a distributed computing environment, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a host computer an access request to a lookup service from the at least one network client, the host computer including a lookup service comprising information associated with the at least one network service; and
transmitting lookup service interface means to the at least one network client, the lookup service means being configured for non-proxy communication with the lookup service. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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