INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SYSTEM HAVING AN INFORMATION LAYER
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1. An information dissemination system, comprising:
- at least one node acting as a data source;
at least one node acting as a data recipient; and
an information layer residing on all of the nodes in a system, the information layer to;
receive a generic utility function from an application on the node acting as a data source wanting to propagate information;
use the generic utility function at the node acting as data source to produce a microutility;
use the microutility on non-data source nodes of the system to propagate the information through the system to any recipients based upon the microutility.
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Abstract
An information dissemination system has at least one node acting as a data source, at least one node acting as a data recipient, and an information layer residing on all of the nodes in a system. The information layer receives a generic utility function from an application on the node acting as a data source wanting to propagate information, uses the generic utility function at the node acting as data source to produce a microutility and uses the microutility on non-data source nodes of the system to propagate the information through the system to any recipients based upon the microutility.
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32 Claims
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1. An information dissemination system, comprising:
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at least one node acting as a data source; at least one node acting as a data recipient; and an information layer residing on all of the nodes in a system, the information layer to; receive a generic utility function from an application on the node acting as a data source wanting to propagate information; use the generic utility function at the node acting as data source to produce a microutility; use the microutility on non-data source nodes of the system to propagate the information through the system to any recipients based upon the microutility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article of computer-readable media containing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to:
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receive a generic utility function from an application on the computer wanting to propagate information; use the generic utility function to produce a microutility; and provide the microutility to non-data source nodes to propagate the information through an information system to any recipients based upon the microutility. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method, comprising:
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receive a generic utility function from an application wanting to propagate information; use the generic utility function to produce a microutility; provide the microutility to non-data source nodes in an information system to propagate the information through the system to any recipients based upon the microutility. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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