P2P network system

• US 20050216473A1
• Filed: 09/30/2004
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Aoyagi, Yoshio, Iwasaki, Takashi, Nakamura, Katsuichi, Nomiyama, Seiji, Imahase, Akira
• Application Number:
  US10/957,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1834 implemented based on peer-to-peer networks, e.g. gnutella p2p communication protocols H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1072 Discovery involving ranked list compilation of candidate peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/108 characterised by resources being split in blocks or fragments

Abstract

A peer node according to the present invention relates to a peer node for constructing a peer-to-peer (P2P) network allowing P2P type communication. The peer node includes a unit dividing a share target file for information sharing through the P2P network into a plurality of divided files in a form where contents of each divided file makes no sense by itself; a unit distributing and arranging the plurality of divided files to and in a plurality of peer nodes including the own peer node and at least one other peer node constituting the P2P network; and a unit moving each of the divided files of distribution and arrangement between the plurality of peer nodes at a certain period of time.

Claims

1. A peer node for constructing a peer-to-peer (P2P) network allowing P2P type communication, comprising:

a unit dividing a share target file for information sharing through the P2P network into a plurality of divided files in a form where contents of each divided file makes no sense by itself;

a unit distributing and arranging the plurality of divided files to and in a plurality of peer nodes including an own peer node and at least one other peer node constituting the P2P network; and

a unit moving each of the divided files of distribution and arrangement between the plurality of peer nodes at a certain period of time.

2. A peer node according to claim 1,

wherein the dividing unit divides the share target file into at least one first divided file containing only even bits of file constituent data and at least one second divided file containing only odd bits of the file constituent data.

3. A peer node according to claim 1, further comprising:

an interface unit enabling registration of and a search for the share target file from a user terminal;

a first management unit managing division information concerning the share target file inputted through the interface unit and divided by the dividing unit using a first storage unit;

a first search unit performing, with respect to the share target file requested from the user terminal through the interface unit, a search of the first storage unit in the own peer node and creating a search message to be transmitted to the at least one other peer node;

a first control unit exchanging the plurality of divided files of the share target file registered by the first management unit and the search message created by the first search unit with the at least one other peer node;

a second search unit searching for transmission destination peer node information requested from the first control unit by using a second storage unit storing adjacent peer node information;

a second management unit managing each divided file received by the first control unit using a third storage unit storing reception file information, judging whether each file transfer request from another peer node should be approved or rejected, and requesting the first control unit to transfer the received divided file when a current time has reached a transfer time set for the received divided file; and

a restoration unit restoring the share target file based on the plurality of divided files collected by the first search unit.

4. A peer node according to claim 3, further comprising:

a third search unit searching, when the plurality of peer nodes are divided into a plurality of groups, for a transfer destination for each divided file by selecting one peer node from the same group,

wherein the divided files are distributed to and arranged in the plurality of peer nodes, including the own peer node and at least one other peer node constituting the P2P network, every the plurality of groups and are moved to another peer node in the same group at a certain period of time.

5. A peer node according to claim 4,

wherein the third search unit searches for transmission destination peer node information requested from the first control unit by using a fourth storage unit storing peer group information.

6. A method of dividing and sharing a file in a peer node for constructing a peer-to-peer (P2P) network allowing P2P type communication, the method comprising the steps of:

dividing a share target file for information sharing through the P2P network into a plurality of divided files in a form where contents of each divided file makes no sense by itself;

distributing and arranging the plurality of divided files to and in a plurality of peer nodes including an own peer node and at least one other peer node constituting the P2P network; and

moving each of the divided files of distribution and arrangement between the plurality of peer nodes at a certain period of time.

7. A method of dividing and sharing a file according to claim 6,

wherein the dividing step comprises dividing the share target file into at least one first divided file containing only even bits of file constituent data and at least one second divided file containing only odd bits of the file constituent data.

8. A method of dividing and sharing a file according to claim 6, further comprising:

an input step that enables registration of and a search for the share target file from a user terminal;

a first management step of managing division information concerning the share target file inputted through the input step and divided by the dividing step using a first storage unit;

a first search step of performing, with respect to the share target file requested from the user terminal through the input step, a search of the first storage unit in the own peer node and creating a search message to be transmitted to the at least one other peer node;

a first control step of exchanging the plurality of divided files of the share target file registered by the first management step and the search message created by the first search step with the at least one other peer node;

a second search step of searching for transmission destination peer node information requested from the first control step by using a second storage unit storing adjacent peer node information;

a second management step of managing each divided file received by the first control step using a third storage unit storing reception file information, judging whether each file transfer request from another peer node should be approved or rejected, and requesting the first control step to transfer the received divided file when a current time has reached a transfer time set for the received divided file; and

a restoration step of restoring the share target file based on the plurality of divided files collected by the first search step.

9. A method of dividing and sharing a file according to claim 8, further comprising:

a third search step of searching, when the plurality of peer nodes are divided into a plurality of groups, for a transfer destination for each divided file by selecting one peer node from the same group,

wherein the divided files are distributed to and arranged in the plurality of peer nodes, including the own peer node and at least one other peer node constituting the P2P network, every the plurality of groups and are moved to another peer node in the same group at a certain period of time.

10. A method of dividing and sharing a file according to claim 9,

wherein the third search step searches for transmission destination peer node information requested from the first control step by using a fourth storage unit storing peer group information.