Hosted searching of private local area network information
US7877369B2 · kind B2 · utility
4Cited by
30References
21Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9535
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Hosted searching of different local area network (LAN) information is described. The apparatus for hosted searching of different private LAN information includes a LAN crawler to automatically and repeatedly crawl a LAN having multiple devices, and a hosted on-demand search system including a set of one or more centralized-search servers to create and synchronize a separate private search database for each of the private LANs based on received reports from of different instances of the LAN crawler deployed on the multiple private LANs, at least some of which are operated by different entities.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.