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METHOD FOR ENABLING INTERNET ACCESS TO INFORMATION HOSTED ON CSD

  • US 20090013063A1
  • Filed: 07/02/2007
  • Published: 01/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for enabling internet access to information hosted on a CSD, the method comprising:

  • a server registering a CSD by assigning to the CSD a CSD ID, the CSD connected over a network to the server and the information about all registered CSDs being maintained in a CSD database residing on the server;

    creating a unique resource locator for a file hosted on the CSD, the unique resource locators and other pertinent information about all files hosted from the CSD being stored in a registry file residing on the CSD;

    the CSD identifying itself to the server using the CSD ID and establishing a communication channel with the server;

    a web browser in a recipient computer sending the unique resource locator of the file to the server, the recipient computer connected over the network to the server;

    the server forwarding the unique resource locator of the file to the CSD;

    the CSD sending the hosted file corresponding to the received unique resource locator to the server; and

    the server forwarding the file to the web browser in the recipient computer.

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