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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Robert A. Brodersen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Prashant Chatterjee, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey I. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter Siam Sy Lim III, Redwood City, CA (US);
Siebel Systems, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Attaching files and other objects in a distributed computing environment. This includes adding file attachments and non-database objects, such as, text file data, web file data, image file data, and other file attachment objects to databases. These objects may be retrieved at the convenience of a node to which the objects are sent. Visibility rules can be set to determine which attachments and objects are seen by a node. Distribution rules for an object determine whether a node must request the object or whether the node is forced to receive the object.