Patent ID: 8837484

Claim:
A method, implemented by a routing node, for providing an information object to a client node via a network of information, the method comprising: receiving from the client node an information object identity related to the information object; sending the information object identity to a public resolving node, the public resolving node configured to initiate a procedure that causes the routing node to receive a locator of a gateway node; receiving the locator of the gateway node; sending a request for the information object to the gateway node according to the locator; receiving the information object from the gateway node; and sending the information object to the client node; wherein the network of information comprises: a secured network, comprising a node where the information object is located; a public network, comprising: the client node; the routing node; the public resolving node; the gateway node interfacing the secured network and the public network; information objects unambiguously identified based on information object identities regardless of the locations of the information objects within the network of information; wherein nodes of the network of information are identified by locators.