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Peer-to-peer content broadcast transfer mechanism

  • US 20040107242A1
  • Filed: 12/02/2002
  • Published: 06/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for transferring a file between nodes in a peer-to-peer network having a plurality of nodes including an originating node, at least one recipient node, and a neighboring node, wherein the recipient node has a direct peer-to-peer connection to the neighboring node and an indirect peer-to-peer connection to the originating node, the method comprising:

  • receiving at the recipient node metadata that has been transmitted by the originating node and that corresponds to a file possessed by the originating node;

    receiving at the recipient node from the neighboring node a notification that the neighboring node has retrieved the file possessed by the originating node; and

    determining at the recipient node whether to retrieve the file possessed by the originating node from the neighboring node based on the metadata.

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