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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
David A. Farber, Ojai, CA (US);
Ronald D. Lachman, Northbrook, IL (US);
Inventors:
David A. Farber, Ojai, CA (US);
Ronald D. Lachman, Northbrook, IL (US);
Assignees:
PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC, Tyler, TX (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Access to data items uses names based on the data in the data items; the name of a data item may be based, at least in part, on a function of some or all of the bits that comprise the data item. A data item may comprise an arbitrary sequence of bits. The function may include a hash function or a message digest function. The name of a data item may be compared to a list of names of other data items.