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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2009
Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Woodbridge, VA (US);
Craig E. Despeaux, Reston, VA (US);
Walter Scott Hall, Iii, Berryville, VA (US);
Michael K. Adamski, Marshall, VA (US);
Lorin R. Sutton, Jr., Woodbridge, VA (US);
Craig E. Despeaux, Reston, VA (US);
Walter Scott Hall, III, Berryville, VA (US);
Michael K. Adamski, Marshall, VA (US);
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received digital file, comparing the digital signature against stored digital signatures of digital files accessible to the receiving system, and determining whether to store the received digital file and/or a location identifier for the stored version of the received digital file based on a result of the comparison.