Method of locating and downloading files on a network

Details Method of locating and downloading files on a network Method of locating and downloading files on a network

1997-11-21

2000-02-15

Amsbury, Wayne

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707101, 707200, G06F 1730

Patent

active

060264055

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of mapping a file name to a computer system in a network of computer systems are provided. In a first embodiment, a list of names of the computer systems starting with a root name is created. The filename itself starts with a root name and consists of an aggregation of names. When the filename is obtained, each name is matched one at a time and in the order of appearance to the names in the list. In order for a match, the order of appearance of the names in the list of names and that of the names in the filename must be the same. The last name in the list of names to be matched with a name in the filename represents a computer system within which the file is contained. In a second embodiment, the list of names is in the form of a tree of names. Matching the names of the tree to the names in the filename includes traversing a branch of that tree to a leaf node, the leaf node being the last node in the tree.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5689701 (1997-11-01), Ault et al.
patent: 5745752 (1998-04-01), Hurvig et al.
patent: 5745888 (1998-04-01), Bauer et al.

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