Workload management in a client-server network with distributed objects

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PATENT NO 6014700
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08853102

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A method of performing workload management within an object-oriented client/server computing environment wherein one of a plurality of servers is chosen to satisfy a client request based on at least one workload management policy, said method, which takes place within the client, includes steps of: deciding whether a client application program has issued a request for a server to do some work; forming an extended object reference based on said request, said extended object reference having, in addition to a server address field and an object key field, at least one additional field; accessing workload management policy data based on said extended object reference; and selecting one of said plurality of servers based on said accessed workload management policy data.

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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
Bainbridge, Andrew John Winchester, GB 2 213
Cocks, Stephen James Chandlers Ford, GB 8 373
Ferguson, Donald Francis Yorktown Heights, NY 6 330
Freund, Thomas Winchester, GB 17 440
Leff, Avraham New Hempstead, NY 34 1336
Normington, Glyn Winchester, GB 14 543
Rayfield, James Thomas Ridgefield, CT 21 1000
Storey, Robert Anthony Southampton, GB 5 326

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