Patent ID: 6839897

Claim:
A stub search loading system for, in executing remote method invocation from a plurality of clients to a server, downloading a stub necessary in a request source client from the server, wherein the request source client comprises stub search means for sending a stub request formed from a stub name and client identifier to the server and receiving a stub returned from the server, and the server comprises a stub search interface for, in response to the stub request from the request source client, returning to the request source client the stub appropriate for a runtime environment of the request source client on the basis of the designated stub name and client identifier, wherein, the server supports a plurality of different runtime environments and returns to the request source client the stub selected for the runtime environment of the request source client, and the stub search interface of the server utilizes the client identifier to determine the appropriate runtime environment for the request source client from the plurality of different runtime environments supported by the server.