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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claude Galand, Cagnes Sur Mer, FR;
Daniel T Lai, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael E Locke, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381 46 ; 360 32 ; 360 48 ; 371-22 ; 371 31 ;
Abstract
A method for dividing a message into a plurality of message blocks and storing each of the plurality of message blocks on separate units within a distributed data storage system. Facilities for retrieving the information from the distributed data storage system and recreating the original message for replay are also provided. If a unit within the distributed data storage system fails, then a degredated version of the original message is recreated from the remaining units and their stored message blocks.