Patent ID: 7007040
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for storing and updating information in a network having n hierarchical levels, said method comprising the steps of: defining a root node positioned in a first of said levels, said root node having no parent node and at least one child node; defining at least two leaf nodes positioned within an nth of said hierarchical levels, each of said leaf nodes having a parent node and no child node; defining a corresponding path between each of said at least two leaf nodes and said root node; associating each non-leaf node with a corresponding set of keys wherein each key in said corresponding set of keys further corresponds to at least one child node of said non-leaf node; and providing each leaf node with a related set of keys, wherein said related set of keys includes each key associated with each non-leaf node on said corresponding path from said leaf node to said root node wherein said corresponding set of keys associated with each non-leaf node includes 2