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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:
Jan. 08, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Andrei Agapi, Amsterdam, NL;

Richard A. Payne, Wokingham, GB;

Robert M. Broberg, Berwyn, PA (US);

John A. Denisco, Malden, MA (US);

Inventors:

Andrei Agapi, Amsterdam, NL;

Richard A. Payne, Wokingham, GB;

Robert M. Broberg, Berwyn, PA (US);

John A. DeNisco, Malden, MA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In certain embodiments, replicating data elements includes calculating a key value for a data element. The key value is calculated from at least a part of content of the first data element. K computing elements are automatically selected from X computing element nodes according to the key value and a mapping schema. K is a greater than 2 and less than X. The computing element nodes each include computer-readable memory embodied within one or more routers. K replications of the data element are automatically written to the computer-readable memory of the K computing element nodes.


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