Howard D Hamilton

US Patent:

57403627, Apr 14, 1998

Filed:

Nov 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/554431

Inventors:

Larry Lee Buickel - Austin TX
Debbie Ann Godwin - Pflugerville TX
Howard Daniel Hamilton - Austin TX
Kathryn Isobel Hansen - Austin TX
Charlie Buddy Harvey - Golden CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

39520003

Abstract:

A method and system for providing a single access point for the resources of application programs distributed within a network. The single access point is provided via a master object comprising an application identification list and a plurality of application procedure interfaces. Each of the application programs has an associated agent for managing the resources of the associated application program. These agents manage the resources using a subset of the plurality of application procedure interfaces of the master object. The application identification list of the master object is used for storing the binding handle of the agent as well as the identification for the associated application. A client or user accesses the resources of a particular application program by specifying the identification of the application program and the required action to be taken by the application program to the master object. The master object uses this information to search the application identification list for a matching application identification, and after finding one, thereafter invoking the corresponding application procedure interface in the agent identified by the matching binding handle.