Patent ID: 7930550

Claim:
A method of managing information in a content addressable computer system comprising a plurality of computers including at least a first computer and at least two second computers, the method comprising acts of: (A) creating a first identifier for a unit of data, at least in part, by hashing the content of the unit of data; (B) sending a multi-cast request including the first identifier from the first computer to the at least two second computers to access the unit of data, the unit of data comprising content comprising a second identifier identifying at least one digital asset and metadata relating to the at least one digital asset, wherein at least one of the at least two second computers uses the first identifier to access the unit of data, wherein the first identifier is the only identifier the first computer can use to identify the unit of data in the request to the at least two second-computers; and (C) verifying that the content of the unit of data has not changed since the creation of the first identifier.