System and method for storing/caching, searching for, and accessing data
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1. A system for persistently maintaining data using a network for data packets, comprising:
- a transmission medium associated with the network;
a plurality of switches operatively connected to the transmission medium, each switch having an intelligent network controller for delivering the data packets to a device operatively connected to the intelligent network controller in response to a request for the data packets from the device and for determining if the data packets are unexpired based on an expiration property of the data packets and re-transmitting unexpired data packets over the network;
wherein the intelligent network controller of each of the plurality of switches being configured to route block input/output (I/O) operation requests from the device to the data packets on the network;
wherein the expiration property of the data packets specifies an amount of time the data packets are persistently maintained on the network sufficient to allow the data packets to be stored, accessed, and searched while reverberating on the system;
wherein the data packets encode a digital video signal.
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Abstract
A system for persistently maintaining data using a network for data packets is provided. The system includes a transmission medium associated with the network, a plurality of switches operatively connected to the transmission medium. Each switch has an intelligent network controller adapted for delivering the data packets to a device operatively connected to the intelligent network controller in response to a request for the data packets from the device and further adapted for re-transmitting unexpired data packets over the network.
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1. A system for persistently maintaining data using a network for data packets, comprising:
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a transmission medium associated with the network; a plurality of switches operatively connected to the transmission medium, each switch having an intelligent network controller for delivering the data packets to a device operatively connected to the intelligent network controller in response to a request for the data packets from the device and for determining if the data packets are unexpired based on an expiration property of the data packets and re-transmitting unexpired data packets over the network; wherein the intelligent network controller of each of the plurality of switches being configured to route block input/output (I/O) operation requests from the device to the data packets on the network; wherein the expiration property of the data packets specifies an amount of time the data packets are persistently maintained on the network sufficient to allow the data packets to be stored, accessed, and searched while reverberating on the system; wherein the data packets encode a digital video signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for persistently maintaining data using a network for data streams, comprising:
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a transmission medium associated with the network; a plurality of switches operatively connected to the transmission medium, each switch having an intelligent network controller for delivering at least one of the data streams to a device operatively connected to the intelligent network controller in response to a request for the at least one of the data streams from the device and for determining if the data streams are unexpired based on an expiration property of the data streams and re-transmitting unexpired data streams over the network; wherein each of the plurality of switches being configured to buffer the data packets for a time period longer than time of transit between switches; wherein the expiration property of the data stream is specified by a XML tag and specifies an amount of time the data streams are persistently maintained on the network sufficient to allow the data stream to be stored, accessed, and searched while reverberating on the system; and wherein the intelligent network controller of each of the plurality of switches being configured to route block input/output (I/O) operation requests from the device to the data streams on the network; wherein the data streams encode digital video signals. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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