Filter for a distributed network
AssigneeAltnet, Inc.
InventorAnthony Rose
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Abstract
A device coupled to a network receives a request from an indexing node in the network, the request corresponding to a particular data item; and provides a response to the indexing node in response to the request, wherein the response to the indexing node includes an indication that the indexing node should index a substitute data item instead of the particular data item.
Claims40
A device coupled to a network, the device comprising hardware including at least one processor, and software, in combination with said hardware to:
- (a) receive a request from an indexing node in said network, said request corresponding to a particular data item;
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- (b) provide a response to the indexing node in response to the request, wherein the response to the indexing node comprises an indication that the indexing node should index a substitute data item instead of the particular data item.
A computer-implemented method operable in a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (A) receiving a request from an indexing node in said network, said request corresponding to a particular data item;
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- (B) in response to the request, providing a response to the indexing node, wherein the response to the indexing node comprises an indication that the indexing node should index a substitute data item instead of the particular data item.
Computer-readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by at least one computer, the program comprising code to:
- (a) receive a request from an indexing node in said network, said request corresponding to a particular data item;
- and
- (b) provide a response to the indexing node in response to the request, wherein the response to the indexing node comprises an indication that the indexing node should index a substitute data item instead of the particular data item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.