Patent ID: 7434234
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a communications network environment having a plurality of touch-points and a plurality of objects, a computer-implemented method of establishing communication, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a first touch-point having predetermined attributes for a stub operable to communicate with a first object, wherein the stub is configured to format and transmit user events to the first object and respond to commands from the first object, the user events comprising user interactions with the first touch-point; delivering the stub to the first touch-point, wherein the stub is selected based on compatibility with the first touch-point and on a correspondence between the stub and the first object, wherein the compatibility with the first touch-point is based at least in part on the predetermined attributes of the first touch-point; selecting the first object from a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects being associated with a respective type of touch-point and the first object being associated with the first touch-point; and initializing the first object such that communication between the first object and the touch-point is established.