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Cooperative processing interface and communication broker for heterogeneous computing environments

  • US 5,329,619 A
  • Filed: 10/30/1992
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication system for managing communication of messages among a plurality of participants in a computing environment, the participants including a server residing on a first computer, and a client residing on a second computer, the first and second computers being heterogeneous, the client and server sending messages to each other, the messages including a request from the client for a service, and the server providing a service, the participants being connected by a physical network with a network protocol, said system comprising:

  • a protocol independent communications transport layer, said transport layer having a low level application programming interface (LAPI) and accepting messages from the participants via the LAPI and said transport layer communicating with the physical network via the network protocol; and

    a service broker, said service broker receiving the service request from the client and determining if the service provided by the server matches the service request, and, if so, communicating the service request to the server.

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