IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re PATENT APPLICATION OF:
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`Attorney Docket:
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`2618-001 1
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`David A. FARBER et al.
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`Group Art Unit:
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`2166
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`Application Serial No.: 11/017,650
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`Examiner: PHAM, Khanh P.
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`Application Filing Date: 12/22/2004
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`Confirmation No.:
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`3082
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`Title: Content Delivery Network and
`Date: April 20, 2010
`Associated Methods and Mechanisms
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`SUPPLEMENTAL AMENDMENT
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`via EFS- Web
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`Hon. Commissioner of Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`Please amend this application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 hereof.
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which
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`begins on page 10.
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`Remarks begin on page 32.
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`An Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) is being filed herewith.
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`In re PATENT APPLICATION OF:
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`Attorney Docket:
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`2618-001 1
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`David A. FARBER et al.
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`Group Art Unit:
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`2166
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`Application Serial No.: 11/017,650
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`Examiner: PHAM, Khanh P.
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`Application Filing Date: 12/22/2004
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`Confirmation No.:
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`3082
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`Title: Content Delivery Network and
`Date: April 20, 2010
`Associated Methods and Mechanisms
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`SUPPLEMENTAL AMENDMENT
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`via EFS- Web
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`Hon. Commissioner of Patents
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`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`Please amend this application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 hereof.
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which
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`begins on page 10.
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`Remarks begin on page 32.
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`An Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) is being filed herewith.
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`IN THE SPECIFICATION
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`Please amend the specification as follows:
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`Please replace paragraph 0056 with the following:
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`[0056]
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`Primitive mechanisms provide fundamental capabilities used
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`to support other mechanisms. The following primitive mechanisms are described:
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`1. Calculate True Name;
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`2. Assimilate Data Item;
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`3. M True File;
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`4. Get True Name from Path;
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`5. Link path to True Name;
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`6. Realize True File from Location;
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`7. Locate Remote File;
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`8. Make True File Local;
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`9. Create Scratch File;
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`10. Freeze Directory;
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`11. Expand Frozen Directory;
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`12. Delete True File;
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`13. Process Audit File Entry;
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`14. Begin Grooming;
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`15. Select For Removal; and
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`16. End Grooming.
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`Please replace paragraph 0084 with the following:
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`[0084] The following primitive mechanisms are described:
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`1. Calculate True Name;
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`2. Assimilate Data Item;
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`3. M True File;
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`4. Get True Name from Path;
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`5. Link Path to True Name;
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`6. Realize True File from Location;
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`7. Locate Remote File;
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`8. Make True File Local;
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`9. Create Scratch File;
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`10. Freeze Directory;
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`11. Expand Frozen Directory;
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`12. Delete True File;
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`13. Process Audit File Entry;
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`14. Begin Grooming;
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`15. Select For Removal; and
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`16. End Grooming.
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`Please replace the heading (on pg. 25) between
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`paragraphs 00103-00104 with the following heading (the word
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`“New” is inserted before the words “True File").
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`3.
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`New True File
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`Please replace paragraph 00104 with the following:
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`[00104]
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`The Nfl True File process is invoked when processing the
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`audit file 132, some time after a True File has been assimilated (using the
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`Assimilate Data Item primitive mechanism). Given a local directory extensions
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`table entry record 138 in the local directory extensions table 124, the 1m True
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`File process can provide the following steps (with reference to FIG. 12),
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`depending on how the local processor is configured:
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`Please replace paragraph 00143 with the following:
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`[00143]
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`Determine the operation in the entry 142 currently being
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`processed (Step S365). If the operation indicates that a file was created or written
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`(Step S366), then assimilate the file using the Assimilate Data Item primitive
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`mechanism (Step S368), use the 1m True File primitive mechanism to do
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`additional desired processing (such as cache update, compression, and mirroring)
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`(Step S369), and record the newly computed True Name for the file in the audit
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`file record entry (Step S370).
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`Please replace paragraph 00164 with the following:
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`[00164]
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`A.
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`Identify the segmentg s) segmehtés) to be read by
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`dividing the specified file offset and length each by the fixed size of a segment (a
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`system dependent parameter), to determine the segment number and number of
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`segments that must be read.
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`Please replace paragraph 00276 with the following:
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`[00276] The inventory can be used for archival of data (making it possible
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`to avoid archiving data when [H] “Efren—that data is already on a separate volume),
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`for grooming (making it possible to delete infrequently accessed files if they can
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`be retrieved from removable volumes), for version control (making it possible to
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`generate a new version of a CD-ROM Without having to copy the old version), and
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`for other purposes.
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`Please replace paragraph 00324 with the following:
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`[00324]
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`(A) Note every time a file is created or deleted, for
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`instance by monitoring audit entries in the Process Audit File Entry primitive
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`mechanism. When such an event is encountered, create an entry 148 in the
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`accounting log 134 that shows Shows the responsible party and the identity of the
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`file created or deleted.
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`Please replace paragraph 00331 with the following:
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`[00331] (B) Occasionally eeeasienal—l—y, compare the contents of each user
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`processor against the license table 136. For each True Name in the license table do
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`the following:
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`Please replace paragraph 00336 with the following:
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`[00336]
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`Further, in operation of a DP system incorporating the present
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`invention, multiple copies of data items are avoided (unless they are required for
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`some reason such as backups or mirror copies in a fault-tolerant system). Multiple
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`copies of data items are avoided even when multiple names refer to the same data
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`item. The primitive mechanisms Assimilate Data Items and I‘M True File support
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`this property. Using the Assimilate Data Item primitive mechanism, if a data item
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`already exists in the system, as indicated by an entry in the True File registry 126,
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`this existence will be discovered by this mechanism, and the duplicate data item
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`(the new data item) will be eliminated (or not added). Thus, for example, if a data
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`file is being copied onto a system from a floppy disk, if, based on the True Name
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`of the data file, it is determined that the data file already exists in the system (by
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`the same or some other name), then the duplicate copy will not be installed. If the
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`data item was being installed on the system by some name other than its current
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`name, then, using the Link Path to True Name primitive mechanism, the other (or
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`new) name can be linked to the already existing data item.
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`Please replace paragraph 00340 with the following:
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`[00340]
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`When a file is opened (using the open Qfl File operating
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`system mechanism), it uses the Make True File Local primitive mechanism (either
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`directly or indirectly through the Create Scratch File primitive mechanism) to
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`create a local copy of the file. The Open File operating system mechanism uses the
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`Make True File Local primitive mechanism, which uses the Realize True File
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`from Location primitive mechanism, which, in turn uses the Request True File
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`remote mechanism.
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`Please replace paragraph 00365 with the following:
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`[00365]
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`In operation, the system automatically archives data items as
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`they are created or modified. After a file is created or modified, the Close File
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`operating system mechanism creates an audit file record, which is eventually
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`processed by the Process Audit File Entry primitive mechanism. This mechanism
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`uses the M True File primitive mechanism for any file which is newly created,
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`which in turn uses the Mirror True File background mechanism if the True File is
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`in a mirrored or archived region. This mechanism causes one or more copies of the
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`new file to be made on remote processors.
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`IN THE CLAIMS
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`Please amend the claims as follows:
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`1. (Currently amended) A computer-implemented content delivery method
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`implemented at least in part by hardware in combination with software, the
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`method comprising the steps of:
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`(A)
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`obtaining a list of identifiers, each of said identifiers on said list
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`corresponding to at least one file of a plurality of data items, each of said
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`identifiers on said list of identifiers being based, at least in part, on a given
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`function of at least some of the data that comprise the contents of a corresponding
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`one of the plurality of data items, wherein two identical data items of said plurality
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`of data items have identical identifiers on the list“
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`(E)
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`responsive to a request fer a—fi-le, the request including at least a
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`specific name for a particular [[the]] file, the specific name having been
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`determined, at least in part, using th_e [[a]] given function of the data that
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`comprises the contents of the particular file, by hardware in combination with
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`software, ascertaining whether or not the specific name for the particular m
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`corresponds to an identifier on said list of identifiers“, and,
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`(Q)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in (B ), selectively
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`permitting eausing—a at least one copy of the particular file to be distributed across
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`prefided—f—rem—a—gfien—ene ef the aplurality of computers in a network, wherein a
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`copy of the particular file is not permitted to be distributed previded without
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`authorization, as determined fenddwdeereiH the—request—fer—t—he—fi-le—is resolved
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`based, at least in part, on whether or not the specific name for the particular file
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`corresponds to an identifier on said list of identifiers a—measure—ef—avarlabr—l—Hyef—at
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`least—eneef—t—heeempu-ters.
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`2. (Currently amended) A computer-implemented method, in a system in
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`which a plurality of files are distributed across a plurality of computers, wherein—at
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`method implemented at least in part by hardware in combination with software,
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`the method comprising the steps:
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`(A)
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`obtaining a specific name for a particular file, the specific name
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`having been determined at least in part as a given function of at least some the data
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`that comprises the contents of the particular file, wherein the contents of the
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`particular file may represent a digital message, a portion of a digital message, a
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`digital image,WM; a video signalw
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`am [[0r]] an audio signalaflmrticmcfiww; and
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`name, ascertaining, by hardware in combination with software, whether or not the
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`specific name for the particular file corresponds to an identifier on a list of
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`identifiers, said identifiers on said list of identifiers corresponding to a plurality of
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`data items, each of said identifiers on said list of identifiers being based, at least in
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`part, on the given function of the contents of a corresponding one of the plurality
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`of data items wherein two identical data items have identical identifiers on the
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`list“ and
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`(Q)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in 1B ), selectively allowing
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`prefid-ing a copy of the particular file to be distributed to or provided from a—given
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`ene at least one of the computers in said plurality of computers, wherein a copy of
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`the requested file is not to be distributed or provided without authorization, and
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`wherein the—request—fer—t—he—fi-le—is as determined resolved based, at least in part, on
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`whether or not the specific name for the particular file corresponds to an identifier
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`on said list of identifiers a—measureef—availabilH-yuef—at—least—eneeemputer—hawng
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`a—eepyhef—t-he—requested—fi-le.
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`3. (Currently amended) A computer-implemented method implemented at
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`least in part by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising th_e
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`steps:
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`1A)
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`obtaining a copy of at least one particular file;
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`1B)
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`for m at least one particular file in—t-he—set—ef—fi-les, by hardware in
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`combination with software, determining a first content-dependent name for said at
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`least one particular file, at least in part by applying a message digest function g
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`hash function to at least some of the contents of the at least one particular file to
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`determine obtain a said first content-dependent name T—FuaName for the at least
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`one particular file;
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`1C)
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`ascertaining whether or not said first content-dependent name for the
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`at least one particular file corresponds to an entry on a first list of identifiers, said
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`identifiers on said list of identifiers corresponding to a plurality of data items, each
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`identifier on said first list of identifiers being based, at least in part, on a first given
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`function of the data that comprise the contents of a corresponding one of the
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`plurality of data items ', and,
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`1D)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in 1C 2, in—respense—te—a
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`reanestrthareaueanemdmg—afieastthgfimdakfile,
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`selectively allowing eausing a copy of the particular file to be provided to or
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`accessed from at least a—given one of the computers in a network of computers,
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`wherein a copy of the file is not to be provided without authorization&
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`determined, and—wherein—thereefuesefeefleeaeleaspmmkeed—basedTat
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`least in part, based on a—measure—ef—avarlabilfifyhef—at—least—ene—ef—theeempefiers
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`whether or not said first content-dependent name of the particular file corresponds
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`to an entry on the first list of identifiers.
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`4. (Currently amended) A computer-implemented content delivery method
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`implemented at least in part by hardware in combination with software, the
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`method comprising the steps of:
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`1A)
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`obtaining a copy of a particular file;
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`1B)
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`by hardware in combination with software, determining a first
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`content-dependent digital identifier for th_e [[a]] particular file, determining—a T—Fue
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`Name said determining using at least a m given function of the data, wherein the
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`data used by the first given function to determine the first content-dependent
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`digital identifier for the particular file name comprises at least some of the
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`contents of the particular file;
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`(Q)
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`responsive—te—t-he—request; selectively allowing eeus—ing the particular
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`file to be provided to or accessed from at least one computer ef—theseifléers of a
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`[[the]] network of computers, wherein a copy of the file is not allowed to be
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`provided without authorization, and—wherein—fliereefuest—fer—fleefileis g resolved,
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`based, at least in part, on a—measu-reef—availabilH-yuef—at—least—eneef—theeemputers
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`haJeLing—a—eepyhef—t-he—fi-le whether or not said first content-dependent digital
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`identifier for the particular file corresponds to an entry in a database, said database
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`comprising a first plurality of identifiers, each of said identifiers in said first
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`plurality of identifiers being based, at least in part, on a function of the data that
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`comprise the contents of a corresponding one of a plurality of data items, and
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`wherein the first given function used to determine the content-dependent digital
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`identifier of the specific file is the same as the function used to determine the first
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`plurality of identifiers in the database.
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`5. (Currently amended) A computer-implemented content delivery method
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`implemented at least in part by hardware in combination with software, the
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`method comprising the steps:
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`(A)
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`selectively permitting distribution of distni-bn-ting a set of files across
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`a network of sewerwadieienianleasnseineef—the—seneis—eempnsen—peeHe—peei
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`netweile; by, for at least one particular file in said set of files:
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`(fl)
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`obtaining the [[for a]] particular file, said particular file
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`comprising data representing a digital message, or a portion of a digital
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`message, or a digital image, or a portion of a digital image, or a video
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`signal, or a portion of a video signal, or an audio signal, or a portion of an
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`audio signal, or a software product, or a portion of a software product, the
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`particular file having [[21]] at least one contextual name specifying at least
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`one location in—t-hanetweik at which the file may be located, [[,]]
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`ga2)
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`by hardware in combination with software, determining
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`another name for the particular file, the other name ineluding comprising a
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`Tine—Name content-dependent digital identifier for the particular file which
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`was determined using a message digest function or a hash function of some
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`data, where the some data used by the given function to determine the
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`content-dependent digital identifier for the particular file comprises at least
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`some of the contents of the particular file;
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`least—theiPFue—N-ame—ef—the—paitieuiakfilefand
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`@Liespensivate—t-hareefuest; ascertaining whether or not the
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`content-dependent digital identifier for the particular file corresponds to one
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`of a plurality of identifiers, said identifiers on said list of identifiers
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`corresponding to a plurality of data items, each identifier of said plurality of
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`identifiers being based, at least in part, on a given function of the data that
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`comprise the contents of a corresponding one of the plurality of data items;
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`and,
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`1a4)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in 1a3 2, selectively
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`permitting providing o_f a copy of the particular file to be provided or
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`accessed from at least one of the servers of the network of servers, said
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`permitting providing being based at least in part on the content-dependent
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`digital identifier True—Name of the particular file, and wherein a copy of the
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`particular file is not allowed to be provided or accessed without
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`having—a—eepyef—t—he—requested—fi-le whether or not the content-dependent
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`digital identifier of the particular file corresponds to one of the plurality of
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`identifiers.
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`6. (Currently amended) A computer-implemented method implemented at
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`least in part by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising th_e
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`steps:
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`(A)
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`obtaining a content-based name for a file, said content-based name
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`having been determined at least in part by applying a message digest function or
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`hash function to at least a portion of the contents of th_e [[an]] file to determine
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`said content-based name for said file said file containing data representing a
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`digital image, or a portion of a digital image, or a video signal, or a portion of a
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`video signal, or an audio signal, or a portion of an audio signal, or a software
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`product, or a portion of a software product te—ebtain—a T—FuaN-amefer—thafile; Q
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`B)
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`selectively permitting distributing copies of the file from—first
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`server—across a network of servers-distinet—frem—the—first—sewerfwdaerein—at—least
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`(b_1)
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`by hardware in combination with software, ascertaining
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`whether or not the content-based name of the file corresponds to an entry
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`on a list of identifiers said identifiers on said list of identifiers
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`corresponding to a plurality of data items, each of said identifiers on said
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`list of identifiers being based, at least in part, on a given function of the
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`data that comprise the contents of a corresponding one of the plurality of
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`data items ebWWweauesfinehmg—afieafi—the
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`jErae—1>J-a~1=ne—of—t-lcie—fi-le; and responsive—te—t-he—request;
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`1b2)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in {bl ), selectively
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`permitting distribution of copies of the file across the network of computers
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`net-werleef—sewers, wherein a copy of the file is not to be provided without
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`authorization, as determined anddwherein—the—request—fer—the—fi-le—is—resel-ved
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`based, at least in part, on a—measu-raef—avaa—labfl-Hyef—at—least—eneef—the
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`sewers—hawéng—a—eepyef—t—he—fi-le whether or not said content-based name of
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`the file corresponds to an entry on said list of identifiers.
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`7 — 8. (canceled)
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`9.
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`(Currently amended) A computer-implemented method implemented
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`at least in part by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising
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`the steps:
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`(A)
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`selectively distributing a set of files from a first computer across a
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`network of computers, wherein—afleast—semeef—theeemputers—eemprisea—peekte—
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`peer—netwerle; by, for each particular file in said set of files:
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`by hardware in combination with software, determining in
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`least—a one or more content-dependent digital identifiers for said particular
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`file, each said content-dependent digital identifier being based on at least
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`some of name determined—as—wfbmetim the contents of the particular file,
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`selectively permitting eaus—ing the particular file to be made
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`available for access and to be provided to or accessed from at least some a
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`given—eneof the computers in the network of computers, wherein a—eepyfi
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`the file1s not t—obe made available for access or provided without
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`authorization, and—wherem—t—hereefuest—fer—t-hefi-leis_as resolved based, at
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`least in part, on whether or not at least one of said one or more content-
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`dependent digital identifiers for said particular file corresponds to an entry
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`in one or more databases,
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`each of said one or more databases comprising a plurality of
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`identifiers, each of said identifiers in each said database corresponding to at
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`least one data item of a plurality of data items, and each of said identifiers
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`in each said database being based, at least in part, on at least some of the
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`data in a corresponding data item.
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`10 - 13. (Canceled)
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`14.
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`(Currently amended) A method as in claim 2, further comprising:
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`maintaining accounting information relating to at least some files in the
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`system; and
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`using the accounting information as a basis for charges based on an identity
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`of the at least some files.
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`15.
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`(Previously presented) A method as in claim 9, further comprising:
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`maintaining accounting information relating to at least some of said files;
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`and
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`using the accounting information as a basis for a system in which charges
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`are based on an identity of the files.
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`16.
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`(Original) A method as in claim 15 , wherein the maintaining of
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`accounting information includes at least some of activities selected from:
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`tracking which files have been stored on a computer; and
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`tracking which files have been transmitted from a computer.
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`17.
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`(Currently amended) A computer-implemented method implemented
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`at least in part by hardware in combination with software, the method comprising
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`the steps:
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`1A)
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`obtaining a reguest to distribute a particular file eausing—a—set—ef—fi-les
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`te—bed—istnibn-ted—frein—a—fi-rst—eenapn-ter across a network of computers distinet—frene
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`in response to th_e [[a]] request fer—a—f—i—le, by hardware in
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`combination with software, obtaining a substantially unigue identifier thereefuest
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`for the particular file, said substantially unigue identifier being ineludes—at—least—a
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`name determined as based at least in part on a function of at least some of the
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`contents of the particular file[[,]] ', and
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`1C)
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`ascertaining whether or not the substantially unigue identifier of the
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`particular file corresponds to an entry on a list of identifiers, each of said
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`identifiers on said list of identifiers being based, at least in part, on a given
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`function of the data that comprise the contents of a corresponding one of a
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`plurality of files, wherein the given function used to determine identifiers on the
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`list is the same as the function that was used to determine the substantially unigue
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`identifier of the particular file; and,
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`1D)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in 1C 2, selectively allowing
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`eausing the particular file to be distributed across pfevided—frenq—a—given at least
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`some one of the computers in the network of computers, wherein a copy of the file
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`is not allowed to be distributed previded without authorization, and wherein the
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`request to distribute fenthe particular file across the network of computers is
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`resolved based, at least in part, on whether or not the substantially unique
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`identifier of the file corresponds to an entry on the list of identifiers; and a
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`1E)
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`collecting information regarding the particular file.
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`18.
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`(Currently amended) A method as in claim 17, further comprising:
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`using the aeeeunting information collected as a basis for a system in which
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`charges are based on an identity of the data files.
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`19.
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`(Currently amended) A method as in claim 1_7 [[18]], further
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`comprising the step of:
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`maintaining accounting information relating to at least some files,
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`wherein the maintaining of accounting information includes at least some
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`of activities selected from:
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`(a)
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`(b)
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`tracking which files have been stored on a computer; and
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`tracking which files have been transmitted from a computer.
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`20.
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`(Currently amended) A computer-implemented method, operable in
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`a data processing system and implemented at least in part by hardware in
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`combination with software, the method comprising:
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`(A)
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`in response to a reguest to allow distribution of a particular file
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`peer—te—peer—netwerk by hardware in combination with software, ascertaining
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`whether or not a content-dependent particular name of the particular file
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`corresponds to an entry in a database, said database comprising a plurality of
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`identifiers, each of said identifiers having been determined based, at least in part,
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`on the data that comprise the contents of a corresponding one of a plurality of
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`files, and said content-dependent name for the particular file being based, at least
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`in part, on the contents of the particular file; M
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`B)
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`based at least in part on said ascertaining in 1A), selectively
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`permitting the particular file to be distributed to computers in the network of
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`computers; and
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`1C)
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`collecting and maintaining aeeeun-t—i—ng information relating toE
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`particular file—files—in—thasystemTwherein-theanaintaining—ef—aeeeu-nting
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`information collected includes at least w some of information aeH-vi-t-ies selected
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`1a) information about the content of the particular data item, 1b) information
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`about an owner of the particular data item, 1c) information about a type of the
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`particular data item, 1d) information about a contextual name of the particular data
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`item, 1e) information about whether or not the particular data item was copied, 1f}
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`the content-based name of the particular data item, 1g) information about an
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`identity of a reguestor, 1h) a timestamp,‘, 1i) information about whether or not the
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`particular data item was created, and gj) information about whether or not the
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`particular data item was read
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`21. (Original) A method as in claim 20, wherein some of the computers
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`communicate with each other using a TCP/IP communication protocol.
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`22. (Currently amended) A method as in claim 1 anyone-ef—elaims—l—é—er
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`elaim—9—er—elaim—l—7—er—elaimé19, wherein a copy of the rectuested particular file is
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`not permitted to be distributed on behalf of prefided—te unlicensed parties or [[to]]
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`unauthorized parties.
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`23. (Currently amended) A method as in claim 1 anyone-efielaims—l—te—é—er
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`9, wherein distribution of an unauthorized copy of a file is not allowed te—be
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`prefided—fiem—ene—ef—the—eemputers.
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`24. (Currently amended) A method as in anyone-ef—elaims—l—and claim 2
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`further comprising:
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`main-ta-mi-Hg—aeeeu-n-t-i-ng collecting information relating to the particular file
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`25. (Currently amended) The method of claim 1 [[23]] wherein distribution
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`o_f an unlicensed copy of a file is not allowed to—be—prefided—fiem—ene—ef—t—he
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`computers.
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`26. (Canceled)
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`27. (New) The method as in any one of claims 1-6, 9, 17, and 20, wherein
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`the hardware comprises a processor and memory.
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`28. (New) The method as in any one of claims 1-6, 9, 17, and 20, wherein
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`the hardware comprises a computer.
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`29. (New) The method as in any one of claims 1, 2, 6, and 17 wherein the
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`list of identifiers is in a table comprising said list.
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`30. (New) The method as in any one of claims 1, 2, 6, and 17 wherein the
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`list of identifiers is in a database comprising said list.
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`31. (New) The method of claim 30 wherein said database maps each said
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`identifier in said database to information relating to a corresponding data item.
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`32. (New) The method of claim 1 wherein the specific name for the
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`particular file corresponds to an identifier on the list of identifiers when the
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`specific name for the particular file matches the identifier on the list of identifiers.
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`33. (New) A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the specific name of the
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`particular file is based, at least in part, on a function of all of the data which
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`comprise the contents of the particular file.
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`34. (New) A method as recited in claim 23 further comprising:
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`permitting at least one copy of the particular file to be distributed across the
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`plurality of computers in a network when it is not determined that the particular
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`file is unauthorized.
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`35. (New) The method of claim 1 further comprising:
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`denying permission for the particular file to be distributed across the
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`plurality of computers in a network when it is determined that access to the
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`particular file is not authorized.
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`36. (New) The method of claim 1 further comprising:
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`maintaining the list of identifiers.
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`37. (New) The method of claim 36 wherein said maintaining the list of
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`identifiers comprises:
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`adding new identifiers to said list of identifiers.
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`38. (New) The method of claim 2 wherein the specific name for the
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`particular file is based, at least in part, on a size or length of the particular file.
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`39. (New) The method of claim 2 wherein the specific name for the
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`particular file comprises a digital fingerprint of the particular file.
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`40. (New) The method of claim 2 wherein the specific name for the
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`particular fil
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