Patent ID: 7802263
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: B60R,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing information in a distributed system, comprising: receiving information in the form of a message from a first process utilizing a first network protocol associated with a first network; extracting the information from the message; requesting a bulletin board resource of one or more bulletin boards; determining whether the bulletin board resource is available; in the event the bulletin board resource is not available, re-requesting the bulletin board resource until a threshold has been reached; in the event the bulletin board resource is available, storing the information on the bulletin board resource; and sharing, in real-time, the information among a plurality of different processes by: converting the information on the bulletin board resource in real-time into a plurality of message formats corresponding to different network protocols which are different from the first network protocol; wherein the information is shared by way of heterogeneous networks different from the first network, among the different processes utilizing the different network protocols.