METHOD FOR THE DIFFUSION OF INFORMATION IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK
First Claim
1. Communication terminal adapted to connect in a network to other communication terminals and to a server, and adapted to receive and transmit data streams, comprising means for establishing hierarchical links of “
- parent/child”
type with other communications terminals or with a server, these hierarchical links being dynamically established on the basis of the load of said terminal and of the load of the terminals that are directly or indirectly connected to it as well as on the basis of the load of said server.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a communication network for the diffusion of media content from a public content server to a central private server and a plurality of client stations connected logically to the private server and amongst each other by a communication sub-network, wherein said sub-network is disturbed, has a hierarchical structure and is built dynamically based on the load at the level of the server and client stations. The invention further relates to an association method between a client station and a central server or between a client station and another client station/server in a hierarchical communication network comprising at least one central server and a plurality of client stations. Lastly, the present invention further relates to a communication terminal
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1. Communication terminal adapted to connect in a network to other communication terminals and to a server, and adapted to receive and transmit data streams, comprising means for establishing hierarchical links of “
- parent/child”
type with other communications terminals or with a server, these hierarchical links being dynamically established on the basis of the load of said terminal and of the load of the terminals that are directly or indirectly connected to it as well as on the basis of the load of said server. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- parent/child”
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3. Method of association between a client terminal and a central server or between a client terminal and another client/server terminal in a hierarchical communication network comprising at least a central server and a plurality of client terminals, some of the client terminals also being servers and “
- parents” and
others being “
children”
in said network, comprising the following steps;a) a step of requesting, from a client terminal that wishes to receive a given stream, for association with said central server, b) a step of selecting, by the central server between the following two options; i) providing access to said stream on the central server to said client terminal making the request for association (the association is then terminated), or ii) redirecting the request for association to one of its children subscribing to the stream; c) In the case of b)ii) another selecting step by the client/server terminal between the following two options; i) providing access to said stream on the client/server terminal to said client terminal making the request for association (the association is then terminated), or ii) redirecting the request for association to one of its children subscribing to the stream, wherein step c) is iterated until the association is terminated. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
- parents” and
- 6. Communication network for multimedia content diffusion from a public content server to a central private server and a plurality of client terminals that are logically connected to said private server and to each other by a communication sub-network, wherein said sub-network is distributed, possesses a hierarchal structure and is dynamically constructed on the basis of the load at the level of the server and client terminals.
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