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Managing distribution of content using mobile agents in peer-topeer networks

  • US 20040088348A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Published: 05/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A peer-to-peer network system, comprising:

  • a plurality of peer nodes;

    an initiating peer node configured to launch a mobile agent in the peer-to-peer network, wherein the mobile agent includes an itinerary indicating a subset of the plurality of peer nodes to be visited by the mobile agent, wherein the subset of the plurality of peer nodes form a group of peer nodes configured to receive and share content from a distributor;

    wherein the mobile agent is configured to visit one or more of the subset of the plurality of peer nodes indicated by the itinerary, collect information on distributor content stored on the one or more visited peer nodes, and provide the information on the distributor content to the initiating peer node; and

    wherein the initiating peer node is further configured to examine the information on the distributor content provided by the mobile agent to detect unauthorized copies of the distributor content.

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