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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2007
Applicants:

Nico Schwan, Stuttgart, DE;

Thomas Strauss, Esslingen, DE;

Marco Tomsu, Ditzingen, DE;

Jurgen Sienel, Leonberg, DE;

Marcus Kessler, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Nico Schwan, Stuttgart, DE;

Thomas Strauss, Esslingen, DE;

Marco Tomsu, Ditzingen, DE;

Jurgen Sienel, Leonberg, DE;

Marcus Kessler, Stuttgart, DE;

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for retrieving content of a distributed directory of a telecommunication system comprising a plurality of nodes arranged in a directed ring topology, the method comprising the steps of identifying a storage location of said content by means of a distributed hashing function, where the hashing function maps an element onto a node, where the node is responsible carrying elements with a hash value between the node and its successor node. The invention further concerns a corresponding computer software product, telecommunication device, and a telecommunication system.


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