Novell, Inc.

Emc Corporation

Farrell Lynn Brough

Stephen R Carter

Douglas Garry Earl

Kelly Ervin Sonderegger

Nadeem Ahmad Nazeer

Russell T Young

John Michael Robertson

Daniel T Ferguson

DeeAnne Barker Higley

Arn D Perkins

Douglas R Phillips

Joseph Andrew Mellmer

Jeffrey Neil Sabin

Michael C McDonald

Robert Michael Sheridan

Helaman David Pratt Ferguson

Ronald Martin Tanner

Alan R Jex

A basic architecture for managing digital identity information in a network such as the World Wide Web is provided. A user of the architecture can organize his or her information into one or more profiles which reflect the nature of different relationships between the user and other entities, and grant or deny each entity access to a given profile. Various enhancements which may be provided through the architecture are also described, including tools for filtering email, controlling access to user web pages, locating other users and making one's own location known, browsing or mailing anonymously, filling in web forms automatically with information already provided once by hand, logging in automatically, securely logging in to multiple sites with a single password and doing so from any machine on the network, and other enhancements.

Managing digital identity information

Managing access to digital identity information

Methods of increasing cache capacity are provided. A method of increasing cache capacity is provided wherein original data are received in a cache with access to one or more variants of the original data being required, but the variants do not reside in the cache. Access is provided to the variants by using one or more delta data operable to be applied against the original data to produce the variants. Moreover, a method of reducing cache storage requirements is provided wherein original data and variants of the original data are identified and located within the cache. Further, delta data are produced by noting one or more differences between the original data and the variants, with the variants being purged from the cache. Furthermore, a method of producing derivatives from an original data is provided wherein the original data and variants of the original data are identified. Delta data are produced by recording the difference between each variant and the original data, with the delta data and the original data being retained in the cache.

Methods for increasing cache capacity utilizing delta data

A system and method for using schema attributes as meta-data is disclosed. A directory service is provided for use with a computer system or network to aid in storing and managing data or other information related to the system. A group of attributes having special names or meaning are provided and may be included in a class schema. If the meaning or use of a class changes after its creation, additional attributes may be added into the class schema. The directory service may also be configured to define or determine relationships between various object classes in a directory system via specially named relationship classes, wherein the relationships are defined or determined before any instances of the classes exist in the directory.

System and method for using schema attributes as meta-data in a directory service

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Farrell Lynn Brough