Asynchronous-event opening component of a network component system
First Claim
1. An extensible and replaceable layered component computing arrangement residing on a computer and coupled to a computer network for opening asynchronous information, the layered arrangement comprising:
- a component architecture layer interfacing with an operating system to control the operations of the computer, the component architecture layer defining a plurality of computing components;
a network component layer coupled to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and
an opening part defined by the network component layer for opening asynchronous information by maintaining a placeholder for the asynchronous information until an actual data type determination is made for the asynchronous information.
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Abstract
An opening part of an extensible and replaceable network-oriented component system opens asynchronous information by maintaining a placeholder until an actual data type determination is made. While this placeholder is being maintained, the progress of the opening process may be monitored and displayed. Upon determining the actual data type of the asynchronous information, the appropriate display part for the data type may be obtained. The network-oriented system includes a novel application programming interface for the opening part that facilitates integration with an underlying software component architecture. Such a highly-modular cooperating layered-arrangement between the network component system and the component architecture allows the opening part to be replaced, extended or modified by other opening-type components, while ensuring that these latter components "seamlessly" interact with existing components and component editors of the system.
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26 Claims
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1. An extensible and replaceable layered component computing arrangement residing on a computer and coupled to a computer network for opening asynchronous information, the layered arrangement comprising:
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a component architecture layer interfacing with an operating system to control the operations of the computer, the component architecture layer defining a plurality of computing components; a network component layer coupled to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and an opening part defined by the network component layer for opening asynchronous information by maintaining a placeholder for the asynchronous information until an actual data type determination is made for the asynchronous information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An extensible and replaceable network-oriented component system for opening asynchronous information on computer networks, the system comprising:
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a processor; an operating system; a component architecture layer interfacing with an operating system to control the operations of the computer, the component architecture layer defining a plurality of computing components; a network component layer coupled to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and an opening part defined by the network component layer for opening asynchronous information by maintaining a placeholder for the asynchronous information until an actual data type determination is made for the asynchronous information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for opening asynchronous information in an extensible and replaceable layered component computing arrangement residing on a computer and coupled to a computer network, comprising the steps of:
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interfacing a component architecture layer with an operating system to control the operations of the computer, the component architecture layer defining a plurality of computing components; coupling a network component layer to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and opening asynchronous information with an opening part defined by the network component layer by maintaining a placeholder for the asynchronous information until the data type is determined.
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16. A computer network having an extensible and replaceable layered component computing arrangement for opening asynchronous information, the layered arrangement comprising:
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means for interfacing a component architecture layer with an operating system to control the operations of the computer, the component architecture layer defining a plurality of computing components; means for coupling a network component layer to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and opening means defined by the network component layer for opening asynchronous information by maintaining a placeholder for the asynchronous information until an actual data type determination is made for the asynchronous information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for an extensible and replaceable component program which opens asynchronous network services in a computer network, the executable program instructions comprising the program instructions for:
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(a) interfacing a component architecture layer, which defines a plurality of computing components, with an operating system to control operations of the program; (b) coupling a network component layer to the component architecture layer in cooperating relation; and (c) opening asynchronous network services by maintaining a placeholder defined by the network component layer for the asynchronous network services until the data type of the asynchronous network services is determined. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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