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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING REMOTE FILE ACCESS VIA A REFERENCE FILE STORED AT A LOCAL DEVICE THAT REFERENCES THE CONTENT OF THE FILE

  • US 20150142765A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2014
  • Published: 05/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for remotely retrieving content regardless of its location by a first content ID reproducibly identifying the content and being calculated from the content using a first algorithm, wherein the method being implemented in a first computing device which stores a first reference file containing the first content ID, and the method comprising:

  • retrieving the first content ID from the first reference file;

    sending a content request containing the first content ID to at least one of remote computing devices communicably coupled to the first computing device; and

    obtaining the content corresponding to the first content ID from at least one of the requested remote computing devices; and

    wherein the reference file contains a first file type identifier, and the first computing device performs the method to process the first reference file according to the first file type identifier.

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