Appeal No. 2001-2127
Application No. 08/660,730
transferring a message to the server from the client via the RPC
call on the transport network when the client and server are not
located on the same local platform. However, when the client and
server are located on the same local platform, and the server is
unavailable to respond to the RPC call, the message is stored
with an object identifier in a local memory queue on the local
platform, so that the RPC call does not have to be re-tried by
the client.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of communicating via a remote procedure calling
(RPC) facility between client and server entities on computer
platforms interconnected by a transport network, comprising:
determining if a server is located on the same local
platform as a client wishing to communicate a message using an
RPC call to the server;
transferring the message to the server via the RPC call on
the transport network when the client and server are not located
on the same local platform;
storing the message with an object identifier in a local
memory queue on the local platform when the client and server are
located on the local platform and the server is unavailable to
respond to the RPC call, so that the RPC call does not have to be
re-tried by the client;
causing the server to interrogate the local memory queue
when the server is available to respond to the RPC call, wherein
the remote procedure calling facility asynchronously accesses the
messages in the local memory queue; and
transferring the message to the server from the local memory
queue.
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