EXECUTING REMOTE PROCEDURES IN A REMOTE PROCESSOR FROM A CLIENT PROCESS EXECUTED IN A LOCAL PROCESSOR

摘要

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for executing remote procedures (214) in a remote processor (220) from a client process (204) executed in a local processor (218) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a remote procedure call having information identifying the remote procedure including a global remote procedure locator; translating the remote procedure call into a CGI-compatible information transfer protocol; transmitting the translated remote procedure call to the remote processor (220) interpreting the translated remote procedure call into a remote procedure-compatible format; and invoking the remote procedure (214) in the remote processor (220) to produce at least one remote procedure output value from the remote procedure input value. The article of manufacture comprises a data storage device tangibly embodying instructions to perform the method steps described above.