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Distributed Search in a Casual Network of Servers

  • US 20080275959A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2007
  • Published: 11/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a distributed casual search, the method comprising:

  • determining, at an originating server, that a first request cannot he fulfilled by information associated with the originating server;

    posting, from the originating server, the first request to a distributed request ring;

    receiving, at a remote server on the distributed request ring, the first request;

    querying, by the remote server, for current data on a data store associated with the remote server that will satisfy the first request;

    writing, by the remote server, a foreign reference in the data store, the foreign reference indicating that the originating server requested the current data; and

    receiving, at the originating server, a response to the first request from the remote server, the response including the current data.

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