Patent ID: 6671746
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A memory for storing data for access by an application process executing on a computer in order to bind a sequence of one or more bytes to an entity understood by the application process,the memory comprising a data structure for a registry, the registry comprising an ordered list of binding methods, wherein at least one of the binding methods in the ordered list is a member of the group consisting of pattern matching method, name transformation method, locate method, status method and query method; and each binding method having associated therewith an identifier describing the name of the binding method, an identifier describing the location of the binding method, and an identifier describing the order of evaluation of the binding method, thereby storing data for access by an application process executing on a computer in order to bind a sequence of one or more bytes to an entity understood by the application process.