Patent ID: 6549954
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for routing objects in a communication system, wherein the communication system comprises a plurality of routing nodes and a plurality of interconnecting processing modules coupled to the routing nodes, wherein each of the objects includes a tag that identifies the object, and data; the method comprising:providing a communication routing data structure to one or more of the plurality of routing nodes, wherein the communication routing data structure includes information regarding one or more objects comprised in the communication system and destinations of said one or more objects based on said tags included in said objects; a first processing module generating an object for transfer to another one of said plurality of processing modules; one or more of said routing nodes receiving said object; said one or more of said routing nodes examining said communication routing data structure to determine a destination of said object based on said tag included in said object; said one or more of said routing nodes determining said destination of said object based on said tag included in said object and said communication routing data structure in response to said examining; and said one or more of said routing nodes routing said object based on said destination in response to said determining, wherein said routing operates to transfer said objects to said destination; wherein one or more of said objects further includes attributes of said data, methods for operating on said data, and a processing list; wherein said processing list may be used by said one or more of said routing nodes to determine a next destination of said one or more of said objects; and wherein said processing list identifies said methods to be performed on or with said object by said destination.