Universal electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system
First Claim
1. An electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system, comprising:
- a protocol through which electronic resources are each denoted by a resource alias unique throughout an interconnected network of two or more networks, each of said resource aliases comprising a string of characters forming a mnemonic independent of the physical location of, or path to said electronic resource, and not dependent on an identification of a naming authority governing the assignment of resource aliases for use on said interconnected network;
location data associated with each of said resource aliases;
a central registry accessible through said interconnected network for resolving said resource aliases into their respective associated location data; and
at least one computer accessible through said interconnected network for requesting a resolution of a particular resource alias.
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Abstract
A universal electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system allows a user to locate information on a distributed computer system or network such as the Internet by knowing or guessing a short mnemonic alias of an electronic resource without the user having to know the physical or other location denotation such as the universal resource locator (URL) of the desired resource. The system hardware includes a client computer, a local server, a central registry server, a value added server, and a root server. The universal electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system supports a personal aliasing (nicknaming) feature, a universal resource accessing feature for finding location information such as URLs relating to a query term, a "see also" feature for including information about related documents or resources within the record of a resource, a feature for updating local servers and client machines by periodically deleting those records which have changed, a "try again" and "mirroring" feature for aiding a user in obtaining the resource under adverse hardware or software conditions, and an authentication and administration feature that allows a user to administer the aliases and related data which pertain to his/her resources.
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42 Claims
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1. An electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system, comprising:
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a protocol through which electronic resources are each denoted by a resource alias unique throughout an interconnected network of two or more networks, each of said resource aliases comprising a string of characters forming a mnemonic independent of the physical location of, or path to said electronic resource, and not dependent on an identification of a naming authority governing the assignment of resource aliases for use on said interconnected network; location data associated with each of said resource aliases; a central registry accessible through said interconnected network for resolving said resource aliases into their respective associated location data; and at least one computer accessible through said interconnected network for requesting a resolution of a particular resource alias. - 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)
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26. A method for denoting an electronic resource, comprising the steps of:
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assigning a resource alias which is unique throughout an interconnected network of two or more networks to denote said electronic resource, said resource alias comprising a string of characters forming a mnemonic independent of the physical location of, or path to said electronic resource, and not dependent on an identification of a naming authority governing the assignment of resource aliases for use on said interconnected network; associating location data with said resource alias; maintaining said resource alias and its associated location data in a manner accessible through said interconnected network; and providing at least one computer accessible through said interconnected network for requesting said location data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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