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BROADCASTING COMMUNICATION WITHIN A RENDEZVOUS FEDERATION

  • US 20070002774A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2006
  • Published: 01/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At a computer system, a method for broadcasting a message within a ring of nodes included in a hierarchical ring infrastructure, the method comprising:

  • an act of a node within the ring of nodes accessing a message in the hierarchical ring infrastructure, the message for delivery to a range of nodes that the node is responsible for within the ring of nodes;

    an act of partitioning the range into plurality of sub ranges;

    an act of the node forwarding the message along with at least one indication of the sub ranges to at least one routing partner node of the node, the at least one routing partner node being within the range of nodes that the node is responsible for; and

    an act of the node forwarding the message to at least one of a successor node, a predecessor node, and a neighborhood node of the node.

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