Patent ID: 6988124
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer that is part of a plurality of computers in a network, causes the one or more processors to perform the following acts: selecting a portion of file information corresponding to a file stored on one of the plurality of computers; comparing, for each of the plurality of computers, the selected portion to a portion of a computer identifier associated with the computer; identifying which of the computer identifiers have portions matching the selected portion of the file information; communicating, for identification of potentially identical files stored on the plurality of computers, the file information to each of the computers associated with a computer identifier having a portion matching the selected portion of the file information; and wherein a value W represents the size of the portion of the file information, wherein a value M represents a count of computers that the one computer is aware of in the network, wherein a value R is a system configuration value calculated based on an average number of computers that a particular file identifier should be communicated to, wherein 1g is a base 2 logarithm function, wherein floor brackets indicate the largest integer that is no greater than the enclosed value, and wherein the value W is determined as follows: