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Apparatus, method and system for effecting information access in a peer environment

  • US 20040122741A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2004
  • Published: 06/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for using a peer to access information, comprising:

  • determining if there is new information to catalog;

    embedding an unique, persistent, and universal name identifier (UPUNI) corresponding to the new information within the new information, if the new information has no embedded UPUNI;

    mining source identifying data as metadata from within new information and querying a database holding UPUNI and metadata (MUPUNI database) with the mined metadata for an UPUNI corresponding to the mined metadata, if the new information has no embedded UPUNI, wherein the UPUNI is obtained in response to the metadata query to the MUPUNI database;

    resolving a new information'"'"'s UPUNI to location addresses for accessing originating versions of the information;

    verifying the new information against information at location addresses resolved by the UPUNI, if verification is desired;

    adding an entry of the new information'"'"'s availability into a local data-structure to catalog information items available on a peer for transmission to others, wherein the entry into the local data-structure is keyed by UPUNI;

    providing data from the local catalog data-structure to a peer to aggregate catalog data into a centralized data-structure.

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