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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Arjen P. de Vries, Enschede, NL;
Leondias Kontothanassis, Belmont, MA (US);
Frederic Dufaux, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Michael Sokolov, Newton, MA (US);
David E. Kovalcin, Jamesburg, NJ (US);
Brian Eberman, Newton, MA (US);
AltaVista Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for organizing data information in a network having a plurality of network stations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by having a first processing device store a representation of data at an address of a first of the plurality of network stations. A second processing device then stores the address at a second of the plurality of network stations in association with an identifier of the data. A third processing device then stores the data identifier at a third of the plurality of network stations in association with an annotation of the data.