PersonalWeb Granted Additional Patent

TYLER, Texas, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PersonalWeb (www.personalweb.com), a Tyler, Texas-based technology company, today announced that the United States Patent & Trademark Office (U.S. Patent Office) has granted the company an additional patent covering its technology that identifies the unique details of data in a computer system.

U.S. Patent No. 8,082,262 outlines the company's technology, methods, systems and devices that allow access to unique data across multiple computers or peer-to-peer networks.  The patent is now part of PersonalWeb's portfolio of nine patents for technology that covers content addressable storage, cloud computing, distributed computing, searching, social networking, and associated technology.  The company has additional patents pending approval.

PersonalWeb's technology is used to develop software, systems and services for consumer, educational and content distribution markets.  The company has leveraged its patented technology to produce StudyPods™, a new social learning platform that enables students to connect, collaborate and share academic knowledge with each other at their own university or colleges worldwide.  The company also develops Global File Registry, which enables governments and copyright owners to police the distribution of illegal or infringing material over distributed systems and the Internet.

"The U.S. Patent Office has again recognized our work to build technology that is fundamental for supporting businesses operating in the critical distributed computing-based industries," stated Michael Weiss, CEO and President of PersonalWeb.

Additional PersonalWeb patents include: U.S. Patent 5,978,791, U.S. Patent 6,415,280, U.S. Patent 6,928,442, U.S. Patent 7,802,310, U.S. Patent 7,945,539, U.S. Patent 7,945,544, U.S. Patent 7,949,662, and U.S. Patent 8,001,096.

PersonalWeb has licensed patents from its portfolio to a number of technology providers and developers including Skype, Level 3 and Audible Magic.

About PersonalWeb: PersonalWeb was established in Tyler, Texas by a team who has been responsible for creating some of the Internet's most popular software and applications used by tens of millions of people worldwide. The company develops groundbreaking products based on its patented technology that is fundamental for many important elements of cloud computing technology, distributed search engine file systems, social media and content addressable storage.  For more information, please visit www.personalweb.com.

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