Data storage and retrieval
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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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Abstract
A method for data forwarding storage and retrieval in a network of interconnected computer system nodes may include directing data to a computer memory, continuously forwarding the data, from one computer memory to anther computer memory in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing on any physical storage device in the network, and retrieving the data in response to an activity.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device comprising:
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a digital processor configured to, 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; receive, via a first node in the network, the data item; receive user account information based on the user account; determine an address of a second node in the network available to receive the data item based on the user account information; forward the data item to the second node in the network; receive a request to retrieve the data item being continuously forwarded in the network of interconnected computer system nodes; and retrieve the data item from a node in response to the request to retrieve the data item by; matching the data item identified in the request 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 receiving a confirmation message that the data item has been forwarded to the source system from the node. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network comprising:
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a group of interconnected computer system nodes, each node configured to; without storing a data item on a fixed storage medium in the group 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, receive the data item; receive user account information based on the user account; determine an address of a second node in the network available to receive the data item based on the user account information; and forwarding the data item to the second node in the network; and a central server configured to; match a data item retrieval request using a unique code representing the data item entering a node; send 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 receive a confirmation message that the data item has been forwarded to the source system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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