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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. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mike E. Williams, Tulsa, OK (US);
Keith Holmes, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
Williams Communications, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ; G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ; G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling information stored on a computer network. The method of the present invention comprises a means for indexing and storing information about information stored on the network in a database. Clients connected to the network that wish to access information stored on the network, are first approved by the indexing means and the storage device on which the information is stored is directed to deliver the requested information to the client. In addition, devices connected to the network communicate by means of a common command format.