diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java
index 74078fc91..9277cf559 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 //
-// $Id: InvocationDirector.java,v 1.3 2001/07/19 18:08:20 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: InvocationDirector.java,v 1.4 2001/07/19 19:18:06 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
+import com.samskivert.util.StringUtil;
+
 import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.Log;
 import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.data.*;
 import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.dobj.*;
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ public class InvocationManager
 
         // create a message event on the invocation manager object
         MessageEvent event = new MessageEvent(
-            _imoid, InvocationObject.MESSAGE_NAME, iargs);
+            _imoid, InvocationObject.REQUEST_NAME, iargs);
 
         // if we have a response target, register that for later receipt
         // of the response
@@ -96,6 +98,15 @@ public class InvocationManager
         _omgr.postEvent(event);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Registers the supplied invocation receiver instance as the handler
+     * for all invocation notifications for the specified module.
+     */
+    public void registerReceiver (String module, InvocationReceiver receiver)
+    {
+        _receivers.put(module, receiver);
+    }
+
     public void objectAvailable (DObject object)
     {
         // let the client know that we're ready to go now that we've got
@@ -123,21 +134,29 @@ public class InvocationManager
 
         // and only those of proper name
         MessageEvent mevt = (MessageEvent)event;
-        if (!mevt.getName().equals(InvocationObject.MESSAGE_NAME)) {
-            return true;
+        String name = mevt.getName();
+        if (name.equals(InvocationObject.RESPONSE_NAME)) {
+            handleInvocationResponse(mevt.getArgs());
+        } else if (name.equals(InvocationObject.NOTIFICATION_NAME)) {
+            handleInvocationNotification(mevt.getArgs());
         }
 
-        // we've got an invocation response, so we extract the args and
-        // process it
-        Object[] args = mevt.getArgs();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Processes an invocation response message.
+     */
+    protected void handleInvocationResponse (Object[] args)
+    {
         String name = (String)args[0];
         int invid = ((Integer)args[1]).intValue();
 
         Object rsptarg = _targets.get(invid);
         if (rsptarg == null) {
             Log.warning("No target for invocation response " +
-                        "[rsp=" + mevt + "].");
-            return true;
+                        "[args=" + StringUtil.toString(args) + "].");
+            return;
         }
 
         // prune the method arguments from the full message arguments
@@ -151,7 +170,7 @@ public class InvocationManager
             Log.warning("Unable to resolve response method " +
                         "[target=" + rsptarg.getClass().getName() +
                         ", method=" + mname + "].");
-            return true;
+            return;
         }
 
         // and invoke it
@@ -162,8 +181,46 @@ public class InvocationManager
                         "[target=" + rsptarg + ", method=" + rspmeth +
                         ", error=" + e + "].");
         }
+    }
 
-        return true;
+    /**
+     * Processes an invocation notification message.
+     */
+    protected void handleInvocationNotification (Object[] args)
+    {
+        String module = (String)args[0];
+        String proc = (String)args[1];
+
+        InvocationReceiver receiver =
+            (InvocationReceiver)_receivers.get(module);
+        if (receiver == null) {
+            Log.warning("No receiver registered for notification " +
+                        "[args=" + StringUtil.toString(args) + "].");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // prune the method arguments from the full message arguments
+        Object[] nargs = new Object[args.length-2];
+        System.arraycopy(args, 2, nargs, 0, nargs.length);
+
+        // and invoke the receiver method
+        String mname = "handle" + proc + "Notification";
+        Method rspmeth = ClassUtil.getMethod(mname, receiver, _methcache);
+        if (rspmeth == null) {
+            Log.warning("Unable to resolve receiver method " +
+                        "[target=" + receiver.getClass().getName() +
+                        ", method=" + mname + "].");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // and invoke it
+        try {
+            rspmeth.invoke(receiver, nargs);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.warning("Error invoking receiver method " +
+                        "[receiver=" + receiver + ", method=" + rspmeth +
+                        ", error=" + e + "].");
+        }
     }
 
     protected synchronized int nextInvocationId ()
@@ -189,5 +246,6 @@ public class InvocationManager
 
     protected int _invocationId;
     protected IntMap _targets = new IntMap();
+    protected HashMap _receivers = new HashMap();
     protected HashMap _methcache = new HashMap();
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationReceiver.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationReceiver.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..301fb234f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationReceiver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//
+// $Id: InvocationReceiver.java,v 1.1 2001/07/19 19:18:06 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client;
+
+/**
+ * Classes registered to process invocation notifications should extend
+ * the invocation receiver class and register themselves with the
+ * invocation manager. Because the invocation notification procedures are
+ * looked up using reflection, there are no methods to override in the
+ * receiver class, but it serves as a useful point for documentation and
+ * as a useful indicator that the derived class in question is actually
+ * serving as an invocation receiver.
+ *
+ * <p> Invocation notifications are identified by a module name and a
+ * procedure name. The module name identifies which invocation receiver
+ * instance will receive the notification. Receivers are registered with
+ * the invocation manager as handling all notification procedures for a
+ * particular module. The notification procedure name is used to construct
+ * a method name which is then reflected and invoked. The name
+ * construction is as follows: a notification message requesting the
+ * invocation of a procedure named <code>Tell</code> will result in a
+ * method named <code>handleTellNotification</code> being invoked on the
+ * invocation receiver instance. The signature of that method is defined
+ * by the arguments supplied with the invocation notification message.
+ * These arguments must always be of the same type and must exactly match
+ * the signature of the implementing method (with the standard reflection
+ * argument type conversion process taken into account).
+ *
+ * @see InvocationManager#registerReceiver
+ */
+public class InvocationReceiver
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/data/InvocationObject.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/data/InvocationObject.java
index 63eff4622..4d0e56c0e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/data/InvocationObject.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/data/InvocationObject.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: InvocationObject.java,v 1.1 2001/07/19 05:56:20 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: InvocationObject.java,v 1.2 2001/07/19 19:18:06 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.data;
 
@@ -14,8 +14,20 @@ import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.dobj.DObject;
 public class InvocationObject extends DObject
 {
     /**
-     * This constant is used to identify messages on both ends of the
-     * invocation services.
+     * This constant is used to identify invocation requests sent to the
+     * server.
      */
-    public static final String MESSAGE_NAME = "invoke";
+    public static final String REQUEST_NAME = "invreq";
+
+    /**
+     * This constant is used to identify invocation responses sent to the
+     * client.
+     */
+    public static final String RESPONSE_NAME = "invrsp";
+
+    /**
+     * This constant is used to identify invocation notifications sent to
+     * the client.
+     */
+    public static final String NOTIFICATION_NAME = "invnot";
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationManager.java
index 9d2f02611..f1afc9db4 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: InvocationManager.java,v 1.4 2001/07/19 18:08:20 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: InvocationManager.java,v 1.5 2001/07/19 19:18:07 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server;
 
@@ -56,6 +56,39 @@ public class InvocationManager
         _providers.put(module, provider);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Delivers an invocation notification to the specified client. The
+     * <code>module</code> argument selects which
+     * <code>InvocationReceiver</code> will be invoked and the
+     * <code>procedure</code> argument indicates which method will be
+     * invoked on that receiver.
+     *
+     * <p> The method is constructed as follows: a procedure name of
+     * <code>Tell</code> will result in a method call to
+     * <code>handleTellNotification</code>. The arguments provided with
+     * the notification define the necessary signature of that method,
+     * according to the argument conversion rules defined by the
+     * reflection services (<code>Integer</code> is converted to
+     * <code>int</code>, etc.).
+     */
+    public void sendNotification (
+        int cloid, String module, String procedure, Object[] args)
+    {
+        // package up the arguments
+        int alength = (args != null) ? args.length : 0;
+        Object[] nargs = new Object[alength + 2];
+        nargs[0] = module;
+        nargs[1] = procedure;
+        if (args != null) {
+            System.arraycopy(args, 0, nargs, 2, alength);
+        }
+
+        // construct a message event and deliver it
+        MessageEvent nevt = new MessageEvent(
+            cloid, InvocationObject.NOTIFICATION_NAME, nargs);
+        CherServer.omgr.postEvent(nevt);
+    }
+
     public void objectAvailable (DObject object)
     {
         // this must be our invocation object
@@ -82,7 +115,7 @@ public class InvocationManager
 
         // make sure the name is proper just for sanity's sake
         MessageEvent mevt = (MessageEvent)event;
-        if (!mevt.getName().equals(InvocationObject.MESSAGE_NAME)) {
+        if (!mevt.getName().equals(InvocationObject.REQUEST_NAME)) {
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -102,8 +135,17 @@ public class InvocationManager
         }
 
         // prune the method arguments from the full message arguments
-        Object[] margs = new Object[args.length-3];
-        System.arraycopy(args, 3, margs, 0, margs.length);
+        Object[] margs = new Object[args.length-2];
+        int cloid = mevt.getSourceOid();
+        margs[0] = CherServer.omgr.getObject(cloid);
+        // make sure the client is still around
+        if (margs[0] == null) {
+            Log.warning("Client no longer around for invocation provider " +
+                        "request [module=" + module +
+                        ", proc=" + procedure + ", cloid=" + cloid + "].");
+            return true;
+        }
+        System.arraycopy(args, 3, margs, 1, args.length-3);
 
         // look up the method that will handle this procedure
         String mname = "handle" + procedure + "Request";
@@ -131,7 +173,7 @@ public class InvocationManager
             rargs[1] = invid;
             // and create a message event for delivery to the client
             MessageEvent revt = new MessageEvent(
-                mevt.getSourceOid(), InvocationObject.MESSAGE_NAME, rargs);
+                mevt.getSourceOid(), InvocationObject.RESPONSE_NAME, rargs);
             // and ship it off
             CherServer.omgr.postEvent(revt);
         }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationProvider.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationProvider.java
index 29fee2056..0a3609d63 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationProvider.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/InvocationProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: InvocationProvider.java,v 1.1 2001/07/19 18:08:20 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: InvocationProvider.java,v 1.2 2001/07/19 19:18:07 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server;
 
@@ -12,9 +12,27 @@ package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server;
  * procedure identified by the name <code>Tell</code> would result in the
  * invocation of a method named <code>handleTellRequest</code>. The
  * arguments to that method would be defined by the arguments that
- * accompanied the <code>Tell</code> invocation request. If the arguments
- * do not match, a reflection error will happen when trying to invoke the
- * method and the whole request will fail.
+ * accompanied the <code>Tell</code> invocation request along with the
+ * client object of the client that made the request. Specifically:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ *     // client makes request
+ *     Object[] args = new Object[] { "one", new Integer(2) };
+ *     invmgr.invoke(MODULE, "Test", args, rsptarget);
+ *
+ *     // provider registered for MODULE should look like:
+ *     public class TestProvider extends InvocationProvider
+ *     {
+ *         public Object[] handleTestRequest (ClientObject source,
+ *                                            String one, int two)
+ *         {
+ *             // ...
+ *         }
+ *     }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * If the arguments do not match, a reflection error will happen when
+ * trying to invoke the method and the whole request will fail.
  *
  * <p> Invocation procedures must also package up their response in a
  * particular way which is through the use of the
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsDObjectMgr.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsDObjectMgr.java
index 19838fd3a..79c8c0d46 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsDObjectMgr.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsDObjectMgr.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: PresentsDObjectMgr.java,v 1.6 2001/06/13 05:17:55 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PresentsDObjectMgr.java,v 1.7 2001/07/19 19:18:07 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server;
 
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ public class CherDObjectMgr implements DObjectManager
         // nothing to do here, our objects live forever!
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the object in the object table with the specified oid or
+     * null if no object has that oid. Be sure only to call this function
+     * from the dobjmgr thread and not to do anything funny with the
+     * object. If subscription is desired, use
+     * <code>subscribeToObject()</code>.
+     *
+     * @see #subscribeToObject
+     */
+    public DObject getObject (int oid)
+    {
+        return (DObject)_objects.get(oid);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Runs the dobjmgr event loop until it is requested to exit. This
      * should be called from the main application thread.
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
index 0e970d86c..a66b45f8b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: PresentsServer.java,v 1.7 2001/07/19 07:48:25 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PresentsServer.java,v 1.8 2001/07/19 19:18:07 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class CherServer
     public static ClientManager clmgr;
 
     /** The distributed object manager. */
-    public static DObjectManager omgr;
+    public static CherDObjectMgr omgr;
 
     /** The invocation manager. */
     public static InvocationManager invmgr;
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestClient.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestClient.java
index a13311ada..404051ba7 100644
--- a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestClient.java
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: TestClient.java,v 1.6 2001/07/19 18:08:20 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: TestClient.java,v 1.7 2001/07/19 19:18:06 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client.test;
 
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public class TestClient
         Log.info("Client did logon [client=" + client + "].");
         // try subscribing to a test object
         client.getDObjectManager().subscribeToObject(2, this);
+        // register our test notification receiver
+        client.getInvocationManager().registerReceiver(TestService.MODULE,
+                                                       new TestReceiver());
         // issue a test invocation request
         TestService.test(client, "foo", 1, this);
     }
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestReceiver.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestReceiver.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22b4d81d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/TestReceiver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//
+// $Id: TestReceiver.java,v 1.1 2001/07/19 19:18:06 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client.test;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.Log;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client.InvocationReceiver;
+
+public class TestReceiver extends InvocationReceiver
+{
+    public void handleTestNotification (int one, String two)
+    {
+        Log.info("Received tell notification [one=" + one +
+                 ", two=" + two + "].");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/TestProvider.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/TestProvider.java
index d8d3bbb44..a3141b168 100644
--- a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/TestProvider.java
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/TestProvider.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 //
-// $Id: TestProvider.java,v 1.3 2001/07/19 18:08:20 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: TestProvider.java,v 1.4 2001/07/19 19:18:07 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server.test;
 
 import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.Log;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client.test.TestService;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.data.ClientObject;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server.CherServer;
 import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server.InvocationProvider;
 
 /**
@@ -11,9 +14,17 @@ import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server.InvocationProvider;
  */
 public class TestProvider extends InvocationProvider
 {
-    public Object[] handleTestRequest (String one, int two)
+    public Object[] handleTestRequest (
+        ClientObject source, String one, int two)
     {
         Log.info("Test request [one=" + one + ", two=" + two + "].");
+
+        // issue a test notification just for kicks
+        Object[] args = new Object[] { new Integer(1), "two" };
+        CherServer.invmgr.sendNotification(
+            source.getOid(), TestService.MODULE, "Test", args);
+
+        // and issue a response to this invocation request
         return createResponse("TestSucceeded", one, new Integer(two));
     }
 }