Patent ID: 6151624
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of locating a resource that is stored in a location in a network that is identified by a location identifier, comprising the steps of:storing, in a metadata registry in a first storage device, metadata that describes the resource in association with the location identifier of the resource;receiving a request to locate the resource, the request containing an element of the metadata;retrieving the location identifier associated with the resource from the metadata registry based on the element;retrieving the resource over the network using the location identifier;storing a natural language name for the resource in the metadata;receiving a request to locate the resource based on the natural language name;retrieving the location identifier associated with the natural language name from the metadata registry using the natural language name;storing the natural language name in association with the location identifier in a name file in a second storage device associated with the resource;retrieving the name file;parsing the name file;building an index entry based on the values parsed from the name file and storing the index entry in an index of the metadata registry by:establishing, in a memory, a first index, a second index, a first queue associated with the first index, and a second queue associated with the second index;receiving a request to build an index entry based on the values parsed from the name file;selecting the first queue and storing the request in the first queue;when the first queue is sufficiently full, storing the contents of the first queue in the first index, and concurrently selecting the second queue and storing a subsequent request to build an index entry in the second queue.