DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
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Abstract
A method for data forwarding storage and retrieval in a network of interconnected computer system nodes may include directing data to a computer memory, continuously forwarding the data, from one computer memory to anther computer memory in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing on any physical storage device in the network, and retrieving the data in response to an activity.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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in a network of interconnected computer system nodes, configured to continuously route one or more data items among the nodes without storing the one or more data items on any fixed storage medium in the network; receiving, at a central server included in the network, a request to store a data item; generating a scrambled version of the data item; storing the scrambled version of the data item and a file name associated with the scrambled version of the data item; and in response to receiving a query for the data item; identifying the scrambled version of the data item based on information in the query; and initiating continuous routing of the data item corresponding to the scrambled version among the interconnected computer system nodes without storing the data item on any fixed storage medium within the network. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device comprising:
a digital processor configured to; receive, in a network of interconnected computer system nodes configured to continuously route one or more data items without storing the one or more data items on any fixed storage medium in the network, a request to store a data item; generate a scrambled version of the data item; store the scrambled version of the data item and a file name associated with the scrambled version of the data item; and in response to receiving a query for the data item; identify the scrambled version of the data item based on information in the query; and initiate continuous routing of the data item corresponding to the scrambled version among the interconnected computer system nodes without storing the data item on any fixed storage medium within the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A network comprising:
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a group of interconnected computer system nodes, each node configured to continuously route one or more data items among the nodes without storing the one or more data items on any fixed storage medium in the group; a central server in communication with the group of interconnected computer system nodes, the central server configured to; receive a request to store a data item; generate a scrambled version of the data item; store the scrambled version of the data item and a file name associated with the scrambled version of the data item; and in response to receiving a query for the data item; identifying the scrambled version of the data item based on information in the query; and initiate continuous routing of the data item corresponding to the scrambled version among the interconnected computer system nodes without storing the data item on any fixed storage medium within the group of computer system nodes or the central server. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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Specification