Active directory for content objects

A content object and directory technology, applied in the information field of maintaining networked directories, can solve problems such as reducing the effectiveness of electronic directories on the Internet

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-09-17
AEROCAST COM INC
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Broken links and stale information reduce the effectiveness of electronic catalogs on the Internet

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[0034] Other implementations may have multiple Active Directories. Users of the system can be divided among multiple active directories in order to distribute the load. Additionally, other Active Directories can be used redundantly so that if one Active Directory goes offline, the other Active Directory can absorb the load.

[0035] In some implementations, the origin server 108 provides sources of content objects, directs users to preferred sources of content objects, and provides directory information to the active directory 104 . The origin server 108 introduces content objects to the system 100 . Introduction involves selection by an origin server administrator of content objects to be made available to Active Directory 104 . A manager may be a person or system that manages origin server 108 . A content object may include previously stored information or a streaming feed of information. On a predetermined basis, origin server 108 provides a catalog of selected informat...

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[0094] Other embodiments may transmit metadata in any type of data channel, not just through HTTP headers. For example, metadata can travel through dedicated ports, IP addresses, URLs, headers, or other logical channels.

[0095] Preference information 512 is the result of network analysis performed from the perspective of client computer 112 . When a content object is requested, preference information 512 is passed to content object manager 312, which in turn selects an appropriate content exchange 116 for client computer 112. The preference information 512 may be updated periodically (eg, every hour) by automatic testing or manually by the user. Subsequent tests take into account previous results in order to efficiently consider preferred content exchanges. For example, a first analysis may examine 100 content exchanges, while subsequent analyzes may exclude poorer performing content exchanges so that only 50 are analyzed.

[0096] Preference information 512 includes a li...

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The present invention relates to maintaining information in a networked directory. In one implementation, a method for updating a networked directory of content objects is disclosed. In one approach, a first catalog of first content objects associated with a first server is received. The first catalog is stored in the information store. A second catalog of second content objects associated with a second server is received. Store the second catalog in the information store. A first elapsed time associated with the first server is detected. When the first elapsed time is detected, the first catalog is marked for deletion from the information store.

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[0001] This application benefits from US Provisional Application No. 60 / 209,007, filed June 1,2000. technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to electronic directories, and more particularly to maintaining information in networked directories. Background technique [0003] On the Internet, electronic catalogs are required so that information can be searched. Conventional directories search the entire Internet by "crawling" link by link and cataloging the information encountered. These browsing software robots or "browsers" are constantly traversing the Internet in an attempt to keep directory information up to date. Going through the Internet can take months at a time. [0004] Many electronic catalogs have browsers associated with them, which are used to collect information all over the Internet. When the browser encounters the information, it is passed back to the electronic catalog for cataloging. Thus, the browser consumes a large amount of ban...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30H04L12/725H04L29/06H04L29/08H04L29/12
CPCG06F2216/09H04L45/30H04L63/0281H04L63/0428H04L63/08H04L65/80H04L67/1008H04L67/101H04L67/14H04L67/1038H04L69/24H04L69/329G06F16/9574G06F16/951H04L67/10015H04L61/4552H04L61/4511H04L61/5069H04L2101/604H04L2101/663H04L65/611H04L67/1001H04L67/63H04L69/326G06Q50/10
Inventor 内森·F·拉希博斯基马克·R·汤普森
Owner AEROCAST COM INC
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