Event notification in a distributed system using an object maintained in serialized form, referred to as a marshalled object. For event notification, a machine registers with a device to receive notification of particular events within a network, and a marshalled object is transmitted with a registration...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US6272559?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6272559 - Deferred reconstruction of objects and remote loading for event notification in a distributed system
