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US005684955A [ii] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:

5,684,955 Nov. 4, 1997

[54] PROCESS FOR DISTRIBUTING AN OBJECTORIENTED PROGRAM OVER A PLURALITY OF OPERATING SYSTEM PROCESSES OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM

[75] Inventors: Walter Meyer; Oliver Rothe. both of Munich; Franz Kneissl, Ntirnberg; Hans-Jurgen Hubmann. Neunkirchen; Rudiger Bess, Fiirth, all of Germany

[73] Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft. Munich, Germany

[21] Appl. No.: 211,110

[22] PCT Filed: Jun. 30,1992

[86] PCT No.: PCT/DE92/00538

§ 371 Date: May 26,1994

§ 102(e) Date: May 26,1994 [87] PCT Pub. No.: WO93/06548

PCT Pub. Date: Apr. 1,1993

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data

Sep. 20, 1991 [DE] Germany 41 31 380.1

[51] Int. CI.6 G06F 9/44

[52] U.S. CI 395/200.03; 395/683; 395/684;

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Primary Examiner—Kevin A. Kriess

Assistant Examiner—Majid A. Banankhah

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Hill, Steadman & Simpson

[57] ABSTRACT

In an object-oriented application, a preparation process is used when compiling the sources of the application, a configuration process is used when link-editing, and a communication process is used during execution to call up methods for objects. No adaptation of sources is necessary when a system configuration is changed. This also applied to an extension of the object-oriented application.

4 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets