Appeal No. 1997-1208
Application 08/077,219
was entered by the Examiner. Accordingly, claims 1, 2, 4-7,
9-12, 14-17, 19, and 20 remain before us on appeal.
The claimed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for enabling communication between a process or task in a
first address space and a process or task in a second address
space. Upon determination that a target object in the second
address space is required by the first process, a proxy
object, which emulates the target object, is created in the
first address space. Thereafter, communication between the
first process and the target object is through the proxy
object rather than directly between the first process and the
target object. Appellants assert at page 18 of the
specification that system resources are used more efficiently
since the target object need not be executing or available
when communication is required.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A method for a first process in a first address space
to communicate with an object in a second address space
comprising the computer implemented steps of:
a) determining, during run time of the first process,
that a requested communication link needed by the first
2
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