Patent ID: 7571186
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method implemented on a processor coupled to a memory, comprising: determining a size for an imprint identification code of an object stored at a computer, wherein the size of the imprint identification code is based at least in part on a count of other computers in a network coupled to the computer, wherein each of the other computers in the network have communicated to the said computer information indicating that each other computer is actively available in the network; identifying a particular imprint identification code based on the size for each object stored at the computer, wherein the imprint identification code is a calculated set of bits of object information corresponding to the object and derived from the object: accessing the imprint identification code to compute a mapping that maps the imprint identification code to one or more computer identifiers associated with one or more computers that are active on the network, wherein the one or more computer identifiers have the same set of bits as the imprint identification code; identifying one or more computers to receive the object information based at least in part on the mapping; and sending the object information to each of the identified one or more computers.