GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
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1. A system for managing assets of a user in a network, comprising:
- a plurality of nodes each having an identical manifest, the manifest having an entry for said asset, the entry describing metadata about the asset and an organization and a location of each asset.
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Abstract
A system and a method for managing data among devices, servers and systems by providing a logically unified and aggregated view of a user'"'"'s digital assets including metadata from any system node or device. This invention describes a method supporting the aggregated view by using manifests. A manifest is a file/database that includes data about all media assets within a user'"'"'s virtual collection.
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1. A system for managing assets of a user in a network, comprising:
- a plurality of nodes each having an identical manifest, the manifest having an entry for said asset, the entry describing metadata about the asset and an organization and a location of each asset.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for updating manifests of a plurality of nodes provided on a network, each of the manifests having an entry for each asset owned by a user, said entry describing metadata about said asset and an organization and a location of each asset, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication connection from a first node to a second node, providing from said second node, the version vector of its manifest, providing from said second node manifest updates, modifying the manifest of the first node with said second node manifest updates. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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