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Distributed data accessing technique

  • US 6,055,567 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1998
  • Issued: 04/25/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for accessing data over a network having a plurality of network stations, the method comprising the steps of:

  • storing, at a first of the plurality of network stations, information that identifies data which is available at a second of the plurality of network stations, the second network station being different than the first network station;

    generating, at the first network station, a signal representing both the information that identifies the available data and linking information to the second network station; and

    transmitting the signal to a third of the plurality of network stations, the third network station being different than the first and the second network stations;

    wherein the transmitted linking information is operable at the third network station to establish a network link over which the identified available data is transmittable from the second network station to the third network station.

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