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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Norman H. Margolus, Cambridge, MA (US);
Thomas F. Knight, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
Jered J. Floyd, Cambridge, MA (US);
George E. Homsy, Ii, Cambridge, MA (US);
Norman H. Margolus, Cambridge, MA (US);
Thomas F. Knight, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
Jered J. Floyd, Cambridge, MA (US);
George E. Homsy, II, Cambridge, MA (US);
Burnside Acquisition, LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing naming and access control of data items in a data repository, the method comprising having a first client program deposit a data item in the data repository, the depositing including determining a digital fingerprint from the data item, and storing the data item in the data repository at a location or locations associated with the fingerprint, having the first client program specify an object name for an object that comprises a set of data items, storing in the repository an association between the name and the set of data items, and allowing the client program to retrieve a data item from the set of data items by specifying the object name and without providing the digital fingerprint of any data item or composite of data items.