Method and ystem for establishing and bridging of semi-private peer networks
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1. A method for creating a semi-private peer network, comprising:
- in attempting to connect to one or more member peer nodes corresponding to one or more addresses on a connection list of addresses corresponding to member peer nodes of the semi-private peer network, sending an encrypted or otherwise obfuscated key from a connecting member peer node of the semi-private peer network to the one or more member peer nodes; and
establishing a connection between the connecting member peer node and the one or more member peer nodes that successfully decrypt or de-obfuscate the encrypted or otherwise encrypted key.
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Abstract
A method and system for establishing and bridging semi-private peer networks is provided. According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method, member peer node and computer program product to establish a semi-private peer network using encrypted or otherwise obfuscated keys and a connection list identifying members of the semi-private peer network defined by an organizing entity. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for spanning and a bridging agent with the ability to span information requests and/or queries between multiple, semi-private peer or other networks is disclosed.
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1. A method for creating a semi-private peer network, comprising:
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in attempting to connect to one or more member peer nodes corresponding to one or more addresses on a connection list of addresses corresponding to member peer nodes of the semi-private peer network, sending an encrypted or otherwise obfuscated key from a connecting member peer node of the semi-private peer network to the one or more member peer nodes; and
establishing a connection between the connecting member peer node and the one or more member peer nodes that successfully decrypt or de-obfuscate the encrypted or otherwise encrypted key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product including computer program code to cause a microprocessor to perform a method for creating a semi-private peer network, the method comprising:
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in attempting to connect to one or more member peer nodes corresponding to one or more addresses on a connection list of addresses corresponding to member peer nodes of the semi-private peer network, sending an encrypted or otherwise obfuscated key from a connecting member peer node of the semi-private peer network to the one or more member peer nodes; and
establishing a connection between the connecting member peer node and the one or more member peer nodes that successfully decrypt or de-obfuscate the encrypted or otherwise encrypted key. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A member peer node of a semi-private network, comprising:
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a connection list of addresses corresponding to member peer nodes of the semi-private peer network; and
a semi-private peer network application to, in attempting to connect to one or more member peer nodes corresponding to one or more addresses of the connection list, send an encrypted or otherwise obfuscated key to the one or more member peer nodes for decryption or de-obfuscation by the one or more member peer nodes, and to decrypt or de-obfuscate an encrypted or otherwise obfuscated key sent by one or more member peer nodes of the semi-private peer network attempting to connect with the member peer nodes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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15. A bridging agent for connecting a semi-private peer network to another network, comprising:
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an examination unit that examines requests and/or queries circulating within the semi-private peer network and/or another network; and
an insertion unit that inserts one or more of the requests and/or queries within the semi-private peer network into the another network and/or inserts one or more of the requests and/or queries within the another network into the semi-private network, when the requests and/or queries are determined appropriate by the bridging agent for circulation within the another network and/or semi-private peer network respectively.
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21. A method for bridging a semi-private peer network to another network, comprising:
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examining requests and/or queries circulating within the semi-private peer network and/or another network; and
inserting one or more of the requests and/or queries within the semi-private peer network into the another network and/or inserting one or more of the requests and/or queries within the another network into the semi-private network, when the requests and/or queries are determined appropriate by the bridging agent for circulation within the another network and/or semi-private peer network respectively. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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