Patent ID: 6415315
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of moving objects in a computer network, comprising:receiving a move indication at an object to move to a new host address and port number of the computer network from a current host address and port number of the computer network; determining whether the object is available for a move; creating a serialized version of the object in response to the object's availability to move, the serialized version being a message that includes the object as a parameter; retaining an old version of the object at the current host address and port number position; sending the message representing the serialized version of the object to the new host address and port number; creating a new version of the object at the new host address and port number from the serialized version of the object; sending a status update message from the new version of the object to the old version of the object, the status update message including an indication that the new version of the object has been established at the new host address and port number; determining whether forwarding is desired for the old version of the object; creating a forwarder object from the old version of the object at the current host address and port number in response to forwarding being desired.