Providing a node of a peer-to peer network with access to a resource
First Claim
1. A method of providing a node of a peer-to-peer network with access to a resource located within the network comprising providing the node with at least one link to the resource which is actuable to connect the node to the resource and the link having associated therewith information which provides an action that the node using the link to access the resource should perform if access to the resource should fail.
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Abstract
A method of providing a node 200 of a peer-to-peer network 250 with access to a resource 210 located within the network 250 comprising providing the node 200 with at least one link to the resource 210 which is actuable to connect the node 200 to the resource 210 and the link having associated therewith information which provides an action that the node 200 accessing the resource 210 using the link should perform if the access should fail.
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31 Claims
- 1. A method of providing a node of a peer-to-peer network with access to a resource located within the network comprising providing the node with at least one link to the resource which is actuable to connect the node to the resource and the link having associated therewith information which provides an action that the node using the link to access the resource should perform if access to the resource should fail.
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10. A method according to claim 10 in which the information associated with a link causes random or pseudo random connection to an alternative resource should access to access to the resource fail.
- 11. A node of a peer-to-peer network comprising a transceiver and a processing means, said transceiver being arranged to connect to the network and receive at least one link to a remote resource which is actuable to connect the node to the remote resource, the link having information associated therewith said transceiver being arranged to pass said link and information to said processing means, said processing means being arranged to attempt to access a resource provided by said link using said transceiver and further arranged to monitor said transceiver during the attempted access, and the processing means being further arranged to carry out an action provided by the information should the monitoring of the transceiver determine that access to the resource has failed.
- 14. A peer-to-peer network comprising a plurality of nodes each capable of communicating with one another, said nodes being arranged to provide to one another links to resources within the network actuable to connect a node to at least one of the resources the resource, said nodes being further arranged to associate with such links information which provides an action that the node using the link should perform if access to the resource should fail.
- 19. A software agent for a node of a peer-to-peer network, the software agent being arranged to process information associated with a link, provided to the node, which is actuable to connect the node to a resource and the software agent being arranged to cause the node to perform an action should the link fail to provide access the resource.
- 21. A computer program which allows a node of a peer-to-peer network to receive at least one link actuable to connect the node to a remote resource on at least one other node of the network, the link having information associated therewith, the program allowing the node to attempt to access the remote resource provided by the link, and monitor progress of the attempted access, the program being further arranged to carry out an action provided by the information should monitoring of the attempted access determine that the access has failed.
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27. A method of providing a node of a peer-to-peer network with access to a resource substantially as described and as illustrated herein with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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28. A node of a peer-to-peer network substantially as described and as illustrated herein with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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29. A peer-to-peer network substantially as described and as illustrated herein with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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30. A software agent substantially as described and as illustrated herein with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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31. A computer program substantially as described and as illustrated herein with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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