×

Sending to a central indexing site meta data or signatures from objects on a computer network

  • US 6,516,337 B1
  • Filed: 10/14/1999
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of constructing a catalog of object references from objects stored within a network, the network including a plurality of interconnected computers with one computer storing the catalog and being designated a cataloging site and each of the other computers storing a plurality of objects and being designated a source site, the method comprising:

  • running on each source site a program which assembles meta data about objects stored on the source site;

    transmitting the assembled meta data from each source site to the cataloging site, the assembled meta data being transmitted at a scheduled time that is a function of resource availability on at least one of the source site and the cataloging site; and

    processing the transmitted data at the cataloging site to generate a catalog of object references.

View all claims
  • 18 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×