US Patent 7526511 Distributed image storage architecture

Patent 7526511 was granted and assigned to aol (company) on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7526511

Date of Patent

April 28, 2009

Patent Application Number

11534920

Date Filed

September 25, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

Don Wong

Patent abstract

System and techniques for storing digital images within a computer system by identifying a first storage facility and a directory within the first storage facility for storing a digital image; generating a first image identifier associated with the first storage facility and the directory; generating a second image identifier comprising a random number; generating a unique hash value by encrypting the first and second image identifiers; and identifying a storage path using the first and second image identifiers and the unique hash value such that related digital images have unrelated storage paths.