Abstract: A system of reusable software parts for designing and constructing software components, applications and entire systems by assembly. Parts for generating events, shaping, distributing and controlling flows of events and other interactions are included. Also included are parts for handling synchronization and desynchronization of events and other interactions between parts, as well as parts for handling properties, parameterizing and serializing components, applications and systems. In addition, innovative adapter parts for interfacing parts that are not designed to work together are included. The system includes a dynamic container for software parts which supports integration of dynamically changing sets of parts into statically defined structures of parts. Other reusable parts for achieving such integration are also included.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system of reusable parts for assembled software systems. the invention describes certain parts that provide advantageous features, including event source parts, distributor parts, concurrency parts, property parts, event manipulation parts, data manipulation parts, hardware access parts, system configuration parts, debugging and instrumentation parts, dynamic structure parts, and test framework parts.

Abstract: A system of reusable software parts for designing and constructing software components, applications and entire systems by assembly. Parts for generating events, shaping, distributing and controlling flows of events and other interactions are included. Also included are parts for handling synchronization and desynchronization of events and other interactions between parts, as well as parts for handling properties, parameterizing and serializing components, applications and systems. In addition, innovative adapter parts for interfacing parts that are not designed to work together are included. The system includes a dynamic container for software parts which supports integration of dynamically changing sets of parts into statically defined structures of parts. Other reusable parts for achieving such integration are also included.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided in a computer network to decouple the client from the server, by placing a transparent network node, also termed a file switch or file switch computer, between the client and the server. Usage of such a file switch allows reduced latency in file transfers, as well as scalable mirroring, striping, spillover, and other features.

Abstract: A system of reusable software parts for designing and constructing software components, applications and entire systems by assembly. Parts for generating events, shaping, distributing and controlling flows of events and other interactions are included. Also included are parts for handling synchronization and desynchronization of events and other interactions between parts, as well as parts for handling properties, parameterizing and serializing components, applications and systems. In addition, innovative adapter parts for interfacing parts that are not designed to work together are included. The system includes a dynamic container for software parts which supports integration of dynamically changing sets of parts into statically defined structures of parts. Other reusable parts for achieving such integration are also included.

Abstract: A system of reusable software parts for designing and constructing software components, applications and entire systems by assembly. Parts for generating events, shaping, distributing and controlling flows of events and other interactions are included. Also included are parts for handling synchronization and desynchronization of events and other interactions between parts, as well as parts for handling properties, parameterizing and serializing components, applications and systems. In addition, innovative adapter parts for interfacing parts that are not designed to work together are included. The system includes a dynamic container for software parts which supports integration of dynamically changing sets of parts into statically defined structures of parts. Other reusable parts for achieving such integration are also included.

Abstract: A system and a method for designing and constructing software components and systems by assembling them from independent parts which is compatible with and extends existing object models. A terminal interface and a terminal mechanism for interfacing objects is included. The mechanism is independent from the actual type of interactions established through it and allows objects to invoke directly services of other objects. All objects in a given system implement and expose a terminal interface. A property interface and mechanism with hierarchical property names and ability to execute queries is also included. The mechanism can be used for parameterization and serialization of objects, as well as to provide structured storage. A new and advantageous type of software object, named parts, is defined. Parts are constructed through an abstract factory and implement a property interface and a terminal interface.

Abstract: A system and a method for designing and constructing software components and systems by assembling them from independent parts which is compatible with and extends existing object models. A terminal interface and a terminal mechanism for interfacing objects is included. The mechanism is independent from the actual type of interactions established through it and allows objects to invoke directly services of other objects. All objects in a given system implement and expose a terminal interface. A property interface and mechanism with hierarchical property names and ability to execute queries is also included. The mechanism can be used for parameterization and serialization of objects, as well as to provide structured storage. A new and advantageous type of software object, named parts, is defined. Parts are constructed through an abstract factory and implement a property interface and a terminal interface.