A technique for delayed delivery of query results or other data from a federated server to a federated client until such information is needed. One or more commands are executed at a client computer to retrieve data from one or more datastores connected to a server computer. At the client computer, a...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6466933?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6466933 - Delayed delivery of query results or other data from a federated server to a federated client until such information is needed
