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`US005915252A
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`[45] Date of Patent:
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`5,915,252
`Jun. 22, 1999
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`[54]
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`OBJECT ORIENTED FRAMEWORK
`MECHANISM FOR DATA TRANSFER
`BETWEEN A DATA SOURCE AND A DATA
`TARGET
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`[75]
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`Inventors: David Joseph Misheski, Plainview;
`Clifton Malcolm Nock, Rochester, both
`of Minn.
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`Assignee:
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`International Business Machines
`Corporation, Armonk, N.Y.
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`IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 37,
`Text of
`DeBinder et al., Feb. 1994, “Results Folder Framework”,pp.
`431-432.
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`Appl. No.: 08/724,570
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`Filed:
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`Sep. 30, 1996
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`Primary Examiner—Vhomas G. Black
`Assistant Examiner—David Yink Jung
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Martin & Associated, L.L.C.;
`Derek P. Martin
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`[57]
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`ABSTRACT
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`An object oriented framework mechanism for data transfer
`between a data source and a data target provides an infra-
`structure that embodies the steps necessary to perform the
`data transfer and a mechanism to extend the frameworktofit
`a particular data transfer environment. Certain core func-
`tions are provided by the framework, which interact with
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