Universal connection point for resources and communication unrelated to a physical endpoint
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1. A communications system comprising:
- means for providing a network presence for an entity, wherein said network presence is identified by a handle unrelated to a physical endpoint, said handle being unique relative to handles for other entities at any point in time, said handle having associated attributes; and
means for resolving a declarative query specifying at least one attribute to generate a set of handles including at least said handle of said entity, said declarative query provided to identify entities.
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Abstract
A communication network system provides a network presence for an entity, the network presence being identified by handle information relating to the entity, the handle information being unrelated to a physical endpoint. Attributes of the entity are associated with the handle information. The handle is a source of vendor services to the entity, and may be a source of services from the entity to others.
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1. A communications system comprising:
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means for providing a network presence for an entity, wherein said network presence is identified by a handle unrelated to a physical endpoint, said handle being unique relative to handles for other entities at any point in time, said handle having associated attributes; and means for resolving a declarative query specifying at least one attribute to generate a set of handles including at least said handle of said entity, said declarative query provided to identify entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A communications system comprising:
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means for providing a network presence for an entity, wherein said network presence is identified by a handle unrelated to a physical endpoint, said handle being unique relative to handles for other entities at any point in time, said handle having associated attributes; and means for delivering a message having a generation modality determined by a generator of the message to said entity in a delivery modality specified by said entity and associated with said network presence, the delivery modality being unknown to the generator of the message, the message including a declarative query for identifying entities to receive the message, the declarative query specifying at least one attribute.
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