The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Yaroslav Faybishenko, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gene H. Kan, Belmont, CA (US);
Thomas J. Camarda, Staten Island, NY (US);
David M. Doolin, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Steve Waterhouse, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Beatty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yaroslav Faybishenko, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gene H. Kan, Belmont, CA (US);
Thomas J. Camarda, Staten Island, NY (US);
David M. Doolin, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Steve Waterhouse, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Beatty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for adapters to provide nodes of a network access to a distributed search mechanism. Network nodes operating as consumer or requesting nodes generate search requests. Nodes operating as hubs are configured to route messages in the network. Individual nodes operating as provider nodes receive search requests and may generate results according to their own procedures in return. Hub nodes may resolve the search requests to a subset of the provider nodes in the network, for example by matching search requests with registration information from nodes. Communication between nodes in the network may use a common query protocol. Adapters may be implemented in the network to reformat messages exchanged in the network. Adapters may customize results. Adapters may enable nodes to function in a distributed search mechanism.