Method for monitoring and providing information over a peer to peer network

• US 20070153710A1
• Filed: 11/14/2006
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kroll Information Assurance LLC
• Original Assignee: Tiversa, Inc. (Tiversa Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Hopkins, Samuel
• Granted Patent: US 7,783,749 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/042 comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/107 with limitation or expansion of the discovery scope
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1093 Some peer nodes performing special functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

A pseudonode for deployment on a peer to peer network. The pseudonode is programmed for monitoring the peer to peer network to receive search requests therefrom, optionally comparing each said received search with said list of data objects, and to respond to such requests. The response may include advertising; the advertising may be selected in response to the request. The invention also provides a method for monitoring search requests for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method further includes interposing the pseudonodes on the network in which it is configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID. The pseudonode has at least one stored object corresponding to a request object stored at said pseudonode; and monitors the network to detect requests matching at least one of the stored objects and acquires a unique ID generated by any network node requesting the object matching that stored object on the pseudonode, and responding to substantially each node representing an acquired ID.

Claims

1. A method for advertising on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes, said method consisting of:

a. interposing at least one pseudonode on said network;

b. monitoring said network through at least one pseudonode to detect requests; and

c. responding with information that is used to advertise a product or service.

2. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said responding with information is in response to a specific request.

3. A method as set forth in claim 1 additionally wherein said pseudonode further provides at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID, and said pseudonode further performs the steps of:

a. storing at least one stored object corresponding to a request object stored at said pseudonode;

b. monitoring said network through at least one of said pseudonode to detect requests related to at least one of said stored objects;

c. acquiring a unique ID generated by any network node requesting said object related to said stored object; and

d. responding to each node representing an ID requesting said stored objects.

4. A method as set forth in claim 3 wherein at least one of said IP and client ID is changeable upon the occurrence of a preselected event or events.

5. A method as set forth in claim 3 wherein said responding comprises:

transmitting data to each of said nodes having an acquired ID wherein said information contained in said response is data different from that requested, said different data being said advertisement.

6. A method as set forth in claim 3 wherein responding further comprises

transmitting to each of said nodes having an acquired ID, information that is the result of forwarding a search request to other nodes and receiving a response which corresponds to said advertising.

7. A method for viewing available files on a specific node on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

a. interposing at least one pseudonode onto a peer-to-peer network; and

b. requesting a specific node upload a file index number starting at N, where N is a real number, to said pseudonode;

c. recording said specific file name that is sent; and

d. incrementing the file index number and repeating the request until such time as the specific node no longer responds.

8. A method as set forth in claim 7 wherein said method is used to build profiles of users by creating a list, lists, or report containing what they have downloaded, optionally date and time stamps, location information such as IP address.

9. A method as set forth in claim 7 wherein said method is used for marketing purposes.

10. A method for reporting which files are currently being acquired on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes, said method consisting of:

a. interposing at least one pseudonode on said network configured for;

b. monitoring said network through at least one of said pseudonode to detect search requests that are in a filename format; and

c. using a filename specified in the search requests to respond with information that is used to advertise a product or service.