SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A SOCIAL NETWORK DIAGRAM IN A P2P NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20080084875A1
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kauniskangas, Hannu, Kaarela, Kari, Parkkinen, Jukka, Hyvarinen, Mikko A., Koistinen, Kirmo
• Granted Patent: US 9,537,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers

Abstract

An apparatus for providing a social network diagram in a P2P network device includes a communication element and an updating element. The communication element is configured to receive an access ticket from an originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via a network. The updating element is configured to determine a true degree of separation between the originating node and the apparatus embodied as a recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a recipient node, an access ticket from an originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via a network; and

determining a true degree of separation between the originating node and the recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the true degree of separation to the originating node when attempting to access the content.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the true degree of separation to the originating node in response to a failed attempt to access the content.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein determining a true degree of separation comprises storing the delivery route and comparing the delivery route to the past delivery routes to determine a closest relationship between the originating node and the recipient node based on all of the delivery routes.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein determining a true degree of separation comprises determining the true degree of separation from an updated social diagram that is stored at the recipient node and updated each time a new access ticket is received.

6. A method according to claim 5, further comprising reconciling the updated social diagram with a social diagram of the originating node.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising performing a security function on the access ticket.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein receiving the access ticket comprises receiving the access ticket which includes a public key, a location of content associated with the access ticket, and an encrypted block that was encrypted using the public key.

9. A method according to claim 7, wherein performing the security function on the access ticket comprises performing a hash of the access ticket, the encrypted block and each user information segment associated with the access ticket and thereafter encrypting the hash using the public key.

10. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion for receiving, at a recipient node, an access ticket from an originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via a network; and

a second executable portion for determining a true degree of separation between the originating node and the recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets.

11. A computer program product according to claim 10, further comprising a third executable portion for providing the true degree of separation to the originating node when attempting to access the content.

12. A computer program product according to claim 10, further comprising a third executable portion for providing the true degree of separation to the originating node in response to a failed attempt to access the content.

13. A computer program product according to claim 10, wherein the second executable portion includes instructions for storing the delivery route and comparing the delivery route to the past delivery routes to determine a closest relationship between the originating node and the recipient node based on all of the delivery routes.

14. A computer program product according to claim 10, wherein the second executable portion includes instructions for determining the true degree of separation from an updated social diagram that is stored at the recipient node and updated each time a new access ticket is received.

15. A computer program product according to claim 14, further comprising a third executable portion for reconciling the updated social diagram with a social diagram of the originating node.

16. A computer program product according to claim 10, further comprising a third executable portion for performing a security function on the access ticket.

17. A computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the first executable portion includes instructions for receiving the access ticket which includes a public key, a location of content associated with the access ticket, and an encrypted block that was encrypted using the public key.

18. A computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the third executable portion includes instructions for performing a hash of the access ticket, the encrypted block and each user information segment associated with the access ticket and thereafter encrypting the hash using the public key.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a communication element configured to receive an access ticket from an originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via a network; and

an updating element configured to determine a true degree of separation between the originating node and the apparatus embodied as a recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets.

20. An apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising an access control element configured to provide the true degree of separation to the originating node when attempting to access the content.

21. An apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising an access control element configured to provide the true degree of separation to the originating node in response to a failed attempt to access the content.

22. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the updating element is further configured to store the delivery route and compare the delivery route to the past delivery routes to determine a closest relationship between the recipient node and the originating node based on all of the delivery routes.

23. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the updating element is further configured to determine the true degree of separation from an updated social diagram that is stored at the recipient node and updated each time a new access ticket is received.

24. An apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising an access control element configured to reconcile the updated social diagram with a social diagram of the originating node.

25. An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the access control element is further configured to perform a security function on the access ticket.

26. An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the access ticket includes a public key, a location of content associated with the access ticket, and an encrypted block that was encrypted using the public key.

27. An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the access control element is further configured to perform a hash of the access ticket, the encrypted block and each user information segment associated with the access ticket, and wherein the access control element is configured to thereafter encrypt the hash using the public key.

28. An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the apparatus is embodied in a mobile terminal.

29. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving, at a recipient node, an access ticket from an originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via a network; and

means for determining a true degree of separation between the originating node and the recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets.

30. A system comprising an originating node and a recipient node in communication with each other via a peer-to-peer network, the recipient node comprising:

a communication element configured to receive an access ticket from the originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via the network; and

an updating element configured to determine a true degree of separation between the originating node and the recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets.

31. A system according to claim 30, wherein the updating element is further configured to store the delivery route and compare the delivery route to the past delivery routes to determine a closest relationship between the recipient node and the originating node based on all of the delivery routes.

32. A system according to claim 30, wherein the updating element is further configured to determine the true degree of separation from an updated social diagram that is stored at the recipient node and updated each time a new access ticket is received.

33. A system according to claim 32, further comprising an access control element configured to reconcile the updated social diagram with a social diagram of the originating node.

34. A system according to claim 33, wherein the access control element is further configured to perform a security function on the access ticket.