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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2000
Bradley S. Tagg, Chester, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and network for managing attachments in applications. The method comprises the steps of creating a plurality of attachment databases to contain said attachments; and embedding an attachment engine within said applications for creating, deleting, and re-using said attachments in said plurality of attachment databases. The method further comprises the steps of connecting said plurality of attachment databases to each other, and performing load balancing between said plurality of attachment databases. Preferably, the method also includes the steps of archiving attachments from the attachment databases under defined conditions, and providing attachment database indexes to keep track of the attachments in the attachment databases. In addition, preferably the embedding step includes the step of embedding a respective one attachment engine within each of said applications.