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Navigating network resources based on metadata

  • US 6,151,624 A
  • Filed: 02/03/1998
  • Issued: 11/21/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of locating a resource that is stored in a location in a network that is identified by a location identifier, comprising the steps of:

  • storing, in a metadata registry in a first storage device, metadata that describes the resource in association with the location identifier of the resource;

    receiving a request to locate the resource, the request containing an element of the metadata;

    retrieving the location identifier associated with the resource from the metadata registry based on the element;

    retrieving the resource over the network using the location identifier;

    storing a natural language name for the resource in the metadata;

    receiving a request to locate the resource based on the natural language name;

    retrieving the location identifier associated with the natural language name from the metadata registry using the natural language name;

    storing the natural language name in association with the location identifier in a name file in a second storage device associated with the resource;

    retrieving the name file;

    parsing the name file;

    building an index entry based on the values parsed from the name file and storing the index entry in an index of the metadata registry by;

    establishing, in a memory, a first index, a second index, a first queue associated with the first index, and a second queue associated with the second index;

    receiving a request to build an index entry based on the values parsed from the name file;

    selecting the first queue and storing the request in the first queue;

    when the first queue is sufficiently full, storing the contents of the first queue in the first index, and concurrently selecting the second queue and storing a subsequent request to build an index entry in the second queue.

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