Research system using multi-platform object oriented program language for providing objects at runtime for creating and manipulating biological or chemical data

A bioinformatics research system, comprising:

• a plurality of computers, at least one of the plurality of computers running a multi-platform object oriented programming language, and at least one of the plurality of computers storing biological data, the computer storing the biological data providing the computer running the object oriented programming language with application programs at runtime for creation and manipulation of the biological data wherein at least one of the plurality of computers being operative as a server for the bioinformatics research system, the server providing the computer running the object oriented programming language with a list of objects at run time, the list of objects including services that the server can perform, wherein the objects are represented by names of Java client classes by name and the computer running the object oriented programming language can invoke the services causing the server to instantiate Java client classes by name at run time;
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• a network architecture interconnecting the plurality of computers, the network architecture allowing objects to transparently communicate with each other;
• wherein the bioinformatics research system provides for integrating and organizing the biological data to facilitate biological research.

A chemiinformatics research system, comprising:

• a plurality of computers, at least one of the plurality of computers running a multi-platformn object oriented programming language, and at least one of the plurality of computers storing chemical data, the computer storing the chemical data providing the computer running the object oriented programming language with application programs at runtime for creation and manipulation of the chemical data, at least one of the plurailty of computers being operative as a server for the cheminformatics research system wherein the server provides the computer running the object oriented programming language with a list of objects at run time, the list of objects including services that the server can perform, wherein the objects are represented by names of Java client classes by name and the computer running the object oriented programming language can invoke the services causing the server to instantiate Java client classes by name at run time;
• and
• a network architecture interconnecting the plurality of computers, the network architecture allowing objects to transparently communicate with each other;
• wherein the chemiinformatics research system provides for integrating and organizing the chemical data to facilitate chemical research.