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Method and system for creating and using shadow roots

US7657543B1 · kind B1 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Sun Microsystems Inc. · US

Inventors

Germano Caronni · Palo Alto, US
Raphael Rom · Palo Alto, US
Glenn C. Scott · Portola Valley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2005
Grant date	Feb 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 24, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/52
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for storing a first copy of an object, including obtaining the object including a globally unique identifier (GUID), generating a first derived GUID using the GUID of the object, storing the first copy of the object identified by the first derived GUID in a root node of the object, publishing possession of the first copy of the object identified by the first derived GUID by the root node of the object, associating a first shadow root with the first copy of the object, and storing the first copy of the object identified by the GUID in the first shadow root.

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