Object-naming network infrastructure for identification tags and method of operation thereof
First Claim
1. An object-naming network infrastructure, comprising:
- a central object name server coupled to a computer network and constituting a first hierarchical level; and
peripheral object name servers coupled to said computer network and constituting a second hierarchical level, said central object name server responding to an object name query received from a querying system by directing said querying system to query instead one of said peripheral object name servers in said second hierarchical level, said one of said peripheral object name servers alternatively responding to said query with an object name or directing said querying system to query instead further peripheral object name servers constituting a third hierarchical level.
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Abstract
An object-naming network infrastructure and a method of responding to queries for object names. In one embodiment, the infrastructure includes: (1) a central object name server coupled to a computer network and constituting a first hierarchical level and (2) peripheral object name servers coupled to the computer network and constituting a second hierarchical level, the central object name server responding to an object name query received from a querying system by directing the querying system to query instead one of the peripheral object name servers in the second hierarchical level, the one of the peripheral object name servers either responding to the query with an object name or directing the querying system to query instead further peripheral object name servers constituting a third hierarchical level.
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28 Claims
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1. An object-naming network infrastructure, comprising:
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a central object name server coupled to a computer network and constituting a first hierarchical level; and
peripheral object name servers coupled to said computer network and constituting a second hierarchical level, said central object name server responding to an object name query received from a querying system by directing said querying system to query instead one of said peripheral object name servers in said second hierarchical level, said one of said peripheral object name servers alternatively responding to said query with an object name or directing said querying system to query instead further peripheral object name servers constituting a third hierarchical level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of responding to a query for an object name, comprising:
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initially directing said query to a central object name server coupled to a computer network and constituting a first hierarchical level;
subsequently directing said query instead to one of peripheral object name servers coupled to said computer network and constituting a second hierarchical level; and
alternatively responding to said query with an object name or directing said query instead to further peripheral object name servers constituting a third hierarchical level. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An object-naming network infrastructure, comprising:
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a central object name server coupled to the Internet and constituting a first hierarchical level; and
peripheral object name servers coupled to the Internet, associated with corresponding object manufacturers and constituting a second hierarchical level, said central object name server responding to an object name query received from a querying system by directing said querying system to query instead one of said peripheral object name servers in said second hierarchical level, said one of said peripheral object name servers alternatively responding to said query with an object name or directing said querying system to query instead further peripheral object name servers constituting a third hierarchical level. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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