US 7,814,170 C2 (12,928th)
Network distributed tracking wire transfer protocol
John K. Overton, Chicago, IL (US); and Stephen W. Bailey, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by John K. Overton, Chicago, IL (US); and Stephen W. Bailey, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to KOVE IO, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,165, Feb. 17, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,814,170, issued Oct. 12, 2010, Appl. No. 11/354,224, Feb. 13, 2006.
Reexamination Certificate C1 7,814,170, issued Nov. 10, 2022.
Application 90/019,165 is a continuation of application No. 09/661,222, filed on Sep. 13, 2000, granted, now 7,103,640.
Application 90/019,165 is a continuation of application No. 09/111,896, filed on Jul. 8, 1998, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/153,709, filed on Sep. 14, 1999.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on May 28, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/4552 (2022.05) [G06F 16/148 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 15 is confirmed.
Claims 3-5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17 were not reexamined.
1. A system for managing data stored in a distributed network, the system comprising:
a data repository configured to store a data entity, wherein an identifier string identifies the data entity; and
a data location server network comprising a plurality of data location servers, wherein data location information for a plurality of data entities is stored in the data location server network, at least one of the plurality of data location servers includes location information associated with the identifier string, each one of the plurality of data location servers comprises a processor and a portion of the data location information, the portion of the data location information included in a corresponding one of the data location servers is based on a hash function used to organize the data location information across the plurality of data location servers, and each one of the data location servers is configured to determine the at least one of the plurality of data location servers based on the hash function applied to the identifier string.