Patent ID: 6850978
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,H05B

Abstract:
1. In a system for a distributed computing environment, wherein the system includes a communications bus, a bus manager having at least one bus management component, at least one server node and at least one client node, wherein said at least one server node, said at least one client node and said at least one bus management component are interconnected via said communications bus, and wherein each of said at least one client node includes at least one client resource for requesting to monitor at least one property of at least one server resource of said at least one server node, the bus manager performs a method for watching said at least one property of the server resource, wherein the server resources come up and go down, the system performing the method, including: first registering by at least one client resource to the bus manager to receive a first notification when a property of a server resource is set; receiving by the client resource said first notification; in response to receiving said first notification, establishing direct communications between the client node and the server node; and monitoring the property of the server resource by sending periodic other notifications, wherein said other notifications generate a response indicating to the at least one client resource whether the property of the server resource has changed.