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Client agents for obtaining attributes from unavailable clients

  • US 7,698,445 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2007
  • Issued: 04/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distributed client computer system comprising:

  • a first client capable of requesting one or more attributes associated with an unavailable second client;

    a plurality of client agents storing at least one or more attributes of the second client; and

    a server for receiving the first client'"'"'s request, the server having a permissions database for storing a data entry specifying attribute-sharing permissions between the first client and the second unavailable client;

    wherein, in operation, the server forwards the request to the plurality of agent clients for the one or more attributes associated with the second client and the first client receives the at least one or more attributes from the plurality of agent clients.

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