Method for providing access control for data items in a data repository in which storage space used by identical content is shared

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PATENT NO 7398283
APP PUB NO 20050131904A1
SERIAL NO

10967031

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A method for providing naming and access control of data items in a data repository, the method comprising having a first client program deposit a data item in the data repository, the depositing including determining a digital fingerprint from the data item, and storing the data item in the data repository at a location or locations associated with the fingerprint, having the first client program specify an object name for an object that comprises a set of data items, storing in the repository an association between the name and the set of data items, and allowing the client program to retrieve a data item from the set of data items by specifying the object name and without providing the digital fingerprint of any data item or composite of data items.

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RED HAT INC100 EAST DAVIE STREET RALEIGH NC 27601

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Floyd, Jered J Cambridge, MA 22 1202
Homsy, II George E Cambridge, MA 3 195
Knight, Jr Thomas F Belmont, MA 35 2545
Margolus, Norman H Cambridge, MA 38 2068

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