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Distributed computing environment

  • US 8,463,839 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2001
  • Issued: 06/11/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distributed network computing environment, comprising:

  • a plurality of computer-based clients communicating within a multicast cloud distributed computer network using content-specific data within messages to implement data routing and message culling in a groupware application;

    each computer-based client including a processor and memory with instructions stored in the memory and executed by the processor; and

    one or more routing modules in the network, or router-embedded applets, operative, in addition to normal packet-routing, to permit or inhibit the distribution of a particular message based upon the content of the message.

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