Patent ID: 6880008
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information supplying apparatus, comprising: a data updating component configured to replace data stored in an open storage area, which is allowed to be freely accessed via a network, with update data at a specified time; a data backing-up apparatus component configured to produce a retrieval file name by adding data, which represents a date and time when updating is to be performed, to a file name of said update data, assigning said retrieval file name to the backup data produced from said update data to form a backup retrieval file, and saving said backup retrieval file in a retrieval storage area; and a retrieving component configured to respond to a client request over the network specifying a date and time to search said retrieval storage area for the backup retrieval file having the retrieval file name exactly corresponding to the date and time of the client request and, if no exact match for the date and time corresponding to the client request is found, to search said retrieval storage area for the backup retrieval file having the retrieval file name with a date and time that are closest to the date and time corresponding to the client request while also being prior thereto, and to retrieve and transfer backup retrieval file data corresponding to a result of the search via said network to the requesting client.