Patent ID: 6745224
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
An object-oriented framework for scheduling an operation to be performed by an agent object on a periodically recurring basis in a computer, comprising:a scheduler object; a scheduler object integration interface supported on the scheduler object for use by a client application program to set programmatically a schedule item associated with the agent object, said schedule item indicating the periodically recurring basis on which to cause the agent object to perform the operation, whereby the client application program programmatically controls the performance of the operation on the scheduled basis; the scheduler object operating responsive to the client application program programmatically setting the schedule item with the scheduler object integration interface to cause the agent object to be persistently stored in the computer, and to cause the agent object to be restored and initiate the operation by the agent object on the periodically recurring basis.