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Abstract

A service object user interface responds to a number of different types of client devices, especially handheld communication devices, by providing tuple space interface attributes in a service tuple. Thereby, dynamically changing services (e.g., search engines, online shopping, media content selection, etc.) and a population of client devices can be accommodated even within a loosely coupled, distributed system. By facilitating interfacing within tuple space, inconvenient configuring at the client device is avoided, expanding computer platform independence to encompass alternative user interfaces based upon JAVA™ classes, uiOne™ trigs, FLASH multimedia, and/or other evolving protocols. The client application residence on the client device thus examines the tuple space for services, finds them, and then loads, and executes the user interface code embedded in the selected service objects, allowing the user to interact with the services without a required prior knowledge of what the service does or how it functions.

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