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Method and apparatus for unified external and interprocess communication

  • US 6,601,111 B1
  • Filed: 07/10/1998
  • Issued: 07/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing data communications in a computer system, said method comprising:

  • accepting message information within a unified exchange manager;

    executing the unified exchange manager to select an appropriate application from a plurality of applications that are executable on the computer system, the unified exchange manager selecting the appropriate application based on a data type of the message information, wherein said unified exchange manager communicates with a plurality of communication libraries, each said communication library implementing a particular protocol for external communication, wherein at least one of said communication libraries comprises a wireless communication library;

    determining whether a user accepts said message information; and

    passing said message information from said unified exchange manager to the appropriate application program in response to said user accepting said message information.

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