	US 7,650,376 C1 (12,997th)
	Content distribution system for distributing content over a network, with particular applicability to distributing high-bandwidth content
Trevor I. Blumenau, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Trevor I. Blumenau, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, LLC., Cheyenne, WY (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,550, Jun. 21, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,650,376, issued Jan. 19, 2010, Appl. No. 09/717,184, Nov. 20, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/192,165, filed on Mar. 27, 2000.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jul. 28, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/101 (2022.01); H04L 67/1021 (2022.01); H04L 67/1023 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) [H04L 67/1001 (2022.05); H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/1021 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01)]

AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:

Claims 1-24, 27, 29-79, 81, 84-113, 116 and 118-123 are cancelled.

Claims 25-26, 28, 80, 82-83, 114-115 and 117 were not reexamined.

1. Apparatus for effecting the provision of content over a network, comprising a core server, the core server comprising:
means for receiving a request from a client for specified content;

means for communicating to the client the identity of a node server having the specified content stored thereon, thereby enabling the client to request transmission of the specified content from the node server; and

means for ascertaining that the node server transmitted the specified content to the client, wherein an owner of the node server is offered an incentive as compensation for transmission of the specified content to the client.