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`United States Patent
`Misheski et at.
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`[19]
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`[11] Patent Number:
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`5,915,252
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`[45] Date of Patent:
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`Jun. 22, 1999
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`[S4] OBJECT ORIENTED FRAMEWORK
`MECHANISM FOR DATA 'I‘MNSI’FIR
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`QETWIE‘EN A DATA SOURCE AND A DATA
`LARGLT
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`[75]
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`Inventors: David Joseph Mislleski,l’la1nv1ew;
`Clifton Malcolm Nock, Rochester, both
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`ABSTRACT
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`An object oriented framework mechanism for data transfer
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`data transfer and a mechanism to extend the framework to lit
`a particular data transfer environment. Certain core func-
`tions are provided by the framework, which interact with
`extensible functions provided by the framework user. The
`architecture of the framework allows a developer to deter—
`mine the conditions and parameters that apply to the data
`transfer while allowing a user to interact with the framework
`with an interface that is consistent regardless of the specific
`combination of data source. data target, connection type, or
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`for transferring data between any data source and any data
`target, which may be easily customized to include data
`sources, new data targets, new transfer protocols, etc. The
`framework greatly simplifies the user‘s job of transferring
`data since it provides a common interface, and greatly
`simplifies the developer’s job of providing a user interface
`for a new combination of hardware and1or software by
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`implement the desired data transfer environment.
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