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PEER-TO-PEER IDENTITY MANAGEMENT INTERFACES AND METHODS

  • US 20110271094A1
  • Filed: 07/11/2011
  • Published: 11/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing an application program interface for use by an application program of a resolution protocol to manage peer-to-peer identities, the application program of the resolution protocol and a server process being on a same node of a peer-to-peer network;

    receiving, at the server process on the same node, a peer identity create call having a plurality of call parameters comprising a classifier, a peer-to-peer friendly name, a handle to a container in which a key pair exists, and a pointer to a location to which an identity name should be returned;

    parsing, at the server process, the peer identity create call to retrieve the plurality of call parameters; and

    returning to the application program a value indicative of a success or failure of the peer identity create call.

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