Data processing system
First Claim
1. A method of manipulating objects at a computer, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more requests to manipulate an object;
for each request, generating a unique identifier for a copy of the object; and
associating the unique identifier with each request and its copy of the object to distinguish copies of the object from each other and to distinguish a copy of the object from an original object, so that multiple tasks involving the object may be executed simultaneously or in parallel.
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Abstract
A technique for manipulating objects at a computer is described. The technique includes receiving one or more requests to manipulate an object, wherein each request is received from a different thread. Each request to manipulate an object generates a copy of the object and a unique identifier for each copy of the object. A request to manipulate a copy of an object is distinguished from other requests to manipulate other copies of the object using the unique identifier.
Additionally, a technique for accessing objects at a computer is described. The technique includes receiving a request from a client process for an object which is stored in an object server. A library server process is allocated to handle the object request. Transfer of the requested object is initiated. Thereafter, the library server process that was allocated to the object request is released.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of manipulating objects at a computer, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more requests to manipulate an object;
for each request, generating a unique identifier for a copy of the object; and
associating the unique identifier with each request and its copy of the object to distinguish copies of the object from each other and to distinguish a copy of the object from an original object, so that multiple tasks involving the object may be executed simultaneously or in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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3. The method of clam 2, wherein the intermediate processing computer selects one of the data stores.
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20. An apparatus for manipulating objects comprising:
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a computer; and
one or more computer pr performed by the computer, for receiving one or more requests to manipulate an object, for each request, generating a unique identifier for a copy of the object, and associating the unique identifier with each request and its copy of the object to distinguish copies of the object from each other and to distinguish a copy of the object from an original object, so that multiple tasks involving the object may be executed simultaneously or in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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28. The apparatus of chim 20, wherein a different copy of the object exists for each of the requests.
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39. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for manipulating objects at a computes, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more requests to manipulate an object;
for each request, generating a unique identifier for a copy of the object; and
associating the unique identifier with each request and its copy of the object to distinguish copies of the object from each other and to distinguish a copy of the object from an original object, so that multiple tasks involving the object may be executed simultaneously or in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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