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US 5,687,366 AGranted
Crossing locale boundaries to provide services
AssigneeApple Computer, Inc.
InventorsJohn Harvey, III, Andrew Michael Daniels, William James Saunders
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AssigneeApple Computer, Inc.
InventorsJohn Harvey, III, Andrew Michael Daniels, William James Saunders
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A method and apparatus in a computer system for providing localized services on a computer system. Responsive to a request from a first process requesting a first international function, a database is scanned for a first service which provides the first international function. The database is arranged by locale. If the first service does exist in a first locale in the database, then a second locale in the database is scaned for the first service. If the second locale contains the first service then the first service is retrieved and made available to the first process. Thus, services for first process may span locale boundaries in the database wherein the first process references at least two services which reside in at least two of the locales. The functions include sorting service functions, formatting service functions.
An automatic method for providing international services on a computer system comprising the following steps:
A method for providing localized services on a computer system comprising the following steps:
A method for providing localized services on a computer system by a first process referencing at least two functions, said at least two functions residing in separate locales in a database containing services arranged by locale, each of said services stored into said separate locales by attribute.
An apparatus comprising a processor coupled to a memory, said memory configured to include a set of services, said set of services stored into a database arranged by different locales said memory further configuring to scan in said database for a first service which provides a first function, and if said first service does not exist in a first locale in said database, then retrieving said first service from a second locale and making said first service available to said first process.
An apparatus for providing localized services on a computer system comprising
An apparatus for providing localized services on a computer system which comprises a means for a first process referencing at least two functions, said at least two functions residing in separate locales in a database containing services arranged by locale, each of said services stored into said separate locales by attribute.
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