Patent ID: 6973493

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing a first space, wherein the first space comprises a first network-addressable storage location, wherein information usable to access the first space is provided in an advertisement for the first space, wherein the advertisement for the first space comprises a first schema, and wherein the first schema specifies one or more messages usable to invoke functions of the first space; a requesting client requesting creation of a second space by sending to the first space one of the messages specified by the first schema; creating the second space in response to the requesting client requesting creation of the second space, wherein the second space is initially configured to permit access only to the requesting client, wherein the second space comprises a second network-addressable storage location, wherein information usable to access the second space is provided in an advertisement for the second space, wherein the advertisement for the second space comprises a second schema, and wherein the second schema specifies one or more messages usable to invoke functions of the second space; and the requesting client accessing the second space by sending to the second space one of the messages specified by the second schema.