US 7,103,640 C2 (12,917th)
Network distributed tracking wire transfer protocol
John K. Overton, Chicago, IL (US); and Stephen W. Bailey, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by John K. Overton, Chicago, IL (US); and Stephen W. Bailey, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to KOVE IO, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,166, Feb. 17, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,103,640, issued Sep. 5, 2006, Appl. No. 09/661,222, Sep. 13, 2000.
Reexamination Certificate C1 7,103,640, issued Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/153,709, filed on Sep. 14, 1999.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on May 14, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/14 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/148 (2019.01) [G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.05)]
OG exemplary drawing
Attention is directed to the decision of Kove IO, Inc. v. Amazon Web Services, Inc., 1:18-cv-08175 (N.D. III.) relating to this patent. This reexamination may not have resolved all questions raised by this decision. See 37 CFR 1.552(c) for ex parte reexamination and 37 CFR 1.906(c) for inter partes reexamination.
 
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 17, 18 and 24 is confirmed.
Claims 1-16, 19-23 and 25 were not reexamined.
17. A system for retrieving data location information for data stored in a distributed network, the system comprising:
a plurality of data repositories configured to store data, wherein the data is associated with a respective identifier string in each data repository;
a data location sewer network having a plurality of data location servers, each of the plurality of data location servers containing location strings associated with respective identifier strings and each of the plurality of data location servers having computer executable code configured to execute the following steps:
in response to receiving a data location request from a client to retrieve a location string associated with an identification string provided in the data location request, transmitting a redirect message to the client if the identification string is not associated with a location string at the data location server, wherein the redirect message contains information for use by the client to calculate a location of a different data location server in the plurality of data location servers, wherein the different data location server contains the location string.