Patent ID: 6721808
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computing device structured and configured to interface with public objects, an object interfacing command shell comprising:a command line interface module enabled to accept input and send output; a central module further including an interpreter configured to be in operable communication with said command line interface module, wherein said interpreter parses said input into a plurality of commands; at least one holder object, where each of said at least one holder object is associated with a unique name, and where each of said at least one holder object contains information about a public object; said central module further configured to receive said plurality of commands from said command line interface module, where a subset of said plurality of commands further comprise one of said unique names associated with said holder objects, allowing access to a public object thereby; and a boot module, configured to run only when said object interfacing command shell is first started; at least one root object where each of said at least one root object is configured to be accessible to said central module and where each of said at least one root object contains information about public objects on a server and where said at least one root object is created by said boot module; a holder object creation module, configured to accept a unique name and a public object from said central module, and further configured to use one of said at least one root object associated with said public object to create a holder object associated with said unique name, and make available at said command line interface module said unique name as one of said subset of commands.