Patent ID: 6209018
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A distributed object network system comprising:a first computer;a second computer;a network connecting the second computer to the first computer;a service residing on the first computer, the service providing access to a limited resource that resides on the first computer; anda service framework comprising:a first set of computer instructions executed by the first computer, the first set of computer instructions providing access to the service by allocating a worker in a worker pool for the service in response to a service request, wherein the worker executes the service request, and the first set of computer instructions provides workload balancing among a plurality of workers in the worker pool for the service;a second set of computer instructions executed by the second computer, the second set of computer instructions requesting said service from the first computer; anda service locator executed by the first computer, the service locator providing an object reference to the first set of computer instructions in response to a get service operation from the second set of computer instructions, wherein the service locator provides workload balancing among instances of the service.