Abstract: An Object Procedure Messaging, or OPM, facility in the form of an internal and external Remote Procedure Call, or RPC, facility uses client and server stubs to transfer messages on both local and remote platforms to reduce multiple calls when a local server object is not available when first called by a local client object. A local memory queue is used to store the message calls for local objects so that the client and server stubs shield the client and server objects from the details of communications therebetween for both local and remote message calls.

Abstract: Service requests from client objects in a computer network are processed in accordance with the desirability of use of the transport network available for communication with the server objects so that local platform servers are used whenever possible to avoid data marshalling and unmarshalling. A local memory queue is used to hold the service request for interrogation by the local server. Local memory storage may be used to hold data or other portions of the service request so that only minimal data need be processed by the memory queue.