Patent ID: 7493613
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions implementing an object-oriented framework for scheduling an operation to be performed by an agent object on a periodically recurring basis, the object-oriented framework comprising: a scheduler object; and 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, the 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 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 a computer, and to cause the agent object to be restored and initiate the operation by the agent object on the periodically recurring basis.