| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to Internet information services. In particular, the present invention relates to improvements related to and/or use of the Usenet. The present invention also has application to email systems, as well as other electronic distribution media. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method and system for communication and/or efficient exchange and storage of binary objects in the Usenet and similar systems. This aspect may be described as "Advanced News Server" (ANS). A second aspect of the present invention relates to helping Usenet users make informed decisions on whether or not they want to download a particular Usenet article. A third aspect of the present invention relates to the distribution, access and/or download speed of Web objects, and involves a new system design and method of use, providing a Usenet based alternative to the current Web caching and mirroring solutions. A fourth aspect of the present invention relates to a method that enables relatively transparent encoding within Web object's URLs information necessary to locate the object in a Usenet server and retrieve it. The method also allows transparent retrieving of news cached objects from their original servers.
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