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Object-oriented communication system with support for multiple remote machine types

  • US 5,918,051 A
  • Filed: 07/19/1995
  • Issued: 06/29/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for communicating with a plurality of remote machines, of a plurality of machine types, the apparatus comprising:

  • a computer system including a processor and memory;

    a data communication interface, coupled to the computer system and to the plurality of remote machines, for communicating with each of the plurality of remote machines;

    a first plurality of software objects within the memory for describing services for the plurality of remote machines;

    a plurality of operations within the memory associated with the first plurality of software objects, the plurality of operations for satisfying requests described by the services of the first plurality of software objects; and

    a second plurality of software objects within the memory, each of the second plurality of software objects identifying and describing an item in a database;

    wherein the plurality of operations includes a database operation.

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