Content Publication
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- (i) obtaining authorization to publish content using a peer-to-peer content distribution system;
(ii) allocating resources of the peer-to-peer content distribution system to enable publishing of an item of content;
(iii) carrying out pre-processing of the item of content to be published;
(iv) publishing the item of content using the peer-to-peer content distribution system; and
(v) terminating publication of the item of content.
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Abstract
Publishing content using a peer-to-peer content distribution system is described. A publisher is required to request authorization to publish from an authorization body. Resources such as tracker and seed nodes are allocated in a peer-to-peer content distribution system and pre-processing of content to be published is carried out. For example, a content description is generated for each item of content as well as a set of checksums or other items for validating blocks of content. Publication can be terminated in a variety of different ways. For example, by using expiry methods, by active revocation of publishers, authorization bodies, or individual items of content.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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(i) obtaining authorization to publish content using a peer-to-peer content distribution system;
(ii) allocating resources of the peer-to-peer content distribution system to enable publishing of an item of content;
(iii) carrying out pre-processing of the item of content to be published;
(iv) publishing the item of content using the peer-to-peer content distribution system; and
(v) terminating publication of the item of content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising the steps of:
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(i) issuing authorization to publish content to a publisher the authorization being to publish content using a peer-to-peer content distribution system;
(ii) receiving information about the publisher; and
(iii) terminating the authorization to publish by sending termination information to one or more allocated resources in the peer-to-peer content distribution system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising the steps of:
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(i) issuing authorization to an entity to enable it to issue authorizations to publishers to publish content;
(ii) receiving information about publishers authorized by the entity;
(iii) receiving information about the entity, and(iv) terminating the authorization issued to the entity by actively revoking any authorizations to publish issued by the entity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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