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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Warren Keith Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Webster Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Trevor Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jana Zdislava Sedivy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Karen Marcelo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Hong, Berkeley, CA (US);
Warren Keith Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Webster Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Trevor Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jana Zdislava Sedivy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Karen Marcelo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Hong, Berkeley, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for unifying component metadata includes components, such as computers, laptops or flat panel display devices and software entities, connected together by one or more networks. A method includes a first component, such as a laptop device, obtaining intrinsic metadata associated with one or more other components, such as a computer and a flat panel display device. The first component combines intrinsic metadata received from each component with extrinsic metadata of the first component, and provides the combined metadata to the other components, although the first component may also utilize the combined metadata. The components are able to obtain a consistent, unified view of the combined metadata without needing any prior programming and without requiring the use of centralized servers.