Method and mechanism for managing content objects over a network
AssigneeXmlcities, Inc.
InventorEarl B. Bingham
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Abstract
Techniques for managing content objects across a distributed network are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a mechanism is provided to ensure that information in a server is always updated by encapsulating the information in an object that may be managed in another machine. The object may include a unidirectional link to a corresponding one in another machine, thus any change to one of the objects in two different network nodes will be timely synchronized.
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A method for updating content objects over a network, the method comprising:
- instantiating content objects, respectively, by software classes, each of the content objects encapsulating a content portion and a presentation portion;
- executing a process including the software classes in a computing device to detect whether one or some of the content objects are changed;
- and
- upon detecting one or some of the content objects being changed, starting an event to publish the one or some of the content objects that have been changed to one or more respective nodes that are associated with the one or some of the content objects.
A method for updating content objects over a network, the method comprising:
- initiating an authentication procedure when a user attempts to change one or more content objects, each of the content objects encapsulating a content portion and a presentation portion, wherein each of the content objects is instantiated by a software class included in a process that is executed in a computing device;
- permitting the user to change the one or more content objects after the authentication procedure is successful;
- receiving changes to the one or more content objects;
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- publishing the one or more content objects that have been changed to one or more respective nodes that are associated with the one or more content objects, upon detecting that the one or more content objects haven been changed.
A system for updating content objects over a network, the system comprising:
- a hosting node including content objects, each of the content objects encapsulating a content portion and a presentation portion;
- at least a supporting node configured to manage at least some of the content objects for the hosting node;
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- wherein each of the at least some of the content objects is instantiated by a software class included in a process that is executed in the supporting node that publishes one or more content objects in the at least some of the content objects to the hosting node when the one or more content objects are detected to have been changed.
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