Patent ID: 7272833
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for communication between a first computer and a second computer, each of which is connected to a server computer, the method comprising: under control of a first client application at the first computer, under control of a second client application at the second computer, retrieving the message from the message queue; wherein the first computer, the second computer, and the server computer form part of a federated content management system and wherein the federated content management system further comprises heterogeneous servers connected to the server computer; wherein the heterogeneous servers are connected to heterogeneous datastores forming part of the federated content management system and wherein the heterogeneous datastores store multimedia data and are combined into a consistent and unified conceptual view; and wherein the message comprises search results from a search executed by the first computer searching for a specified content in the multimedia data of the heterogeneous datastores.