System for classifying and sending selective requests to different participants of a collaborative application thereby allowing concurrent execution of collaborative and non-collaborative applications

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PATENT NO 5887170
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08387501

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A method and system provide for selectively distributing communications between an application and multiple servers, allowing cooperative use of a single copy of an application. The system is situated between an application and the multiple servers. Requests from the application, responses to the requests, and events from the multiple servers, are managed in such a way that each server believes it is connected directly to the application and the application believes it is connected directly to a single server. The requests are categorized and distributed to the servers based on the type of request. The responses to these requests may be sent to the application or discarded based on the type of request and the role of the server sending the request. The events are also categorized and, based on the role of the server causing the event, they may be passed on to the application or discarded.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ansberry, Catherine Malia Redmond, WA 6 81
Freer, Jay Douglas Bellevue, WA 1 39
Fuqua, Todd W Redmond, WA 7 148
Mesterton, Erik Peter Redmond, WA 1 39
Stillwagon, Catherine Ann Upper Saddle River, NJ 1 39
Yang, Ching-Yun Austin, TX 5 205

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