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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Bernd Lamparter, Heidelberg, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Documents down-loaded for the first time from the Internet onto an interlocked computer system are stored on an allocated computer in an interlocked computer system. By using a HASH function, a computer in the system is determined, using the document address. On this computer there are stored the document address and the address of the computer on which the document is stored. The HASH function can ensure that either all computers are used equally to store the address information for the documents stored in the interlocked computer system, or it can take into consideration differing capacities of the individual computers in storage of the address information items. When future requests are made for a document stored in the interlocked computer system, the HASH function determines from the document address the appropriate computer. The relevant computer passes the document request to the computer on which the document is stored. Consequently, it is a simple technical step to transfer the document to the user. This ensures that document requests are always addressed directly to the correct computer in the interlocked computer system. As a result, computers in the system are not blocked by unnecessary document requests.