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CENTRALLY ENHANCED PEER-TO-PEER RESOURCE SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS

  • US 20070055763A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2006
  • Published: 03/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a peer-to-peer network including a plurality of clients and a server, each of the clients having a unique client address, said method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, from the server at a first of the clients, a first unique seed list comprising a first portion of the list of connected client addresses;

    receiving, from the server at a second of the clients, a second unique seed list comprising a second portion of the list of connected client addresses, the first unique seed list including a second client address corresponding to the second client and the second unique seed list including a third client address corresponding to a third of the clients;

    sending a search request from the first client to at least the second client by utilizing the first unique seed list; and

    sending the search request from the second client to at least the third client by utilizing the second unique seed list.

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