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Mechanism and apparatus for using messages to look up documents stored in spaces in a distributed computing environment

  • US 6,643,650 B1
  • Filed: 09/12/2000
  • Issued: 11/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method, comprising:

  • a client sending a lookup message to a network-addressable location of a space, wherein the space is operable to store one or more advertisements expressed in a data representation language, wherein each advertisement comprises information which is usable by the client to access a particular content or service over a network, and wherein the lookup message specifies desired advertisement characteristics;

    finding a set of discovered advertisements, wherein the discovered advertisements comprise zero or more of the stored advertisements which meet the desired characteristics; and

    the space sending a lookup response message to the client, wherein the lookup response message comprises the set of discovered advertisements.

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