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Method and system for enabling and controlling communication topology, access to resources, and document flow in a distributed networking environment

  • US 20020198994A1
  • Filed: 11/16/2001
  • Published: 12/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for use by a first computing device to transmit information to at least one other computing device over a network communication medium according to a protocol stack having a plurality of protocol layers, the method comprising:

  • determining at a particular protocol layer whether to transmit information over the network communication medium based on at least one term of a contract associated with the information; and

    upon determining to present the information to the network communication medium, forwarding the information to a lower protocol layer in the protocol stack for transmission over the communication medium.

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