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Data storage and retrieval

  • US 9,961,144 B2
  • Filed: 11/24/2015
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • without storing a data item on a fixed storage medium in a network of interconnected computer system nodes, the data item identified for constant routing within the network from node to node, the data item associated with a user account,receiving, at a first node in the network, the data item;

    receiving user account information based on the user account;

    determining an address of a second node in the network available to receive the data item based on the user account information;

    forwarding the data item to the second node in the network;

    receiving a request to retrieve the data item being continuously forwarded in the network of interconnected computer system nodes; and

    retrieving the data item from a node in response to the request to retrieve the data item, wherein retrieving the data item comprises;

    matching the data item identified in the request at a central server using a unique code representing the data item entering a node;

    sending a message to a node that is predicted to have the data item, the message instructing the node to forward the data item to a source system; and

    sending a confirmation message to the central server that the data item has been forwarded to the source system.

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