INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20120084359A1
• Filed: 09/13/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: MIZUTANI, Daiki
• Application Number:
  US13/231,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1065 Discovery involving distributed pre-established resource-based relationships among peers, e.g. based on distributed hash tables [DHT] pre-configuration of logical or physical connections H04L67/1053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

An information processing device in an information communication system in which node devices are connected to an overlay network, and contents are distributed in the node devices, includes: an acquisition unit acquiring domain information from an inquiry device; a retrieval unit retrieving the content corresponding to the indicted domain name; a transmission unit transmitting, to the inquiry device, location information of the node device that saves the content corresponding to the indicated domain name; a storage unit storing the location information; and a first determination unit determining whether the location information is stored in the storage unit or not. If the location information is stored in the storage unit, the transmission unit transmits the location information corresponding to the acquired domain information to the inquiry device. If the location information is not stored in the storage unit, the retrieval unit retrieves the content.

Claims

1. An information processing device in an information communication system in which a plurality of node devices are connected to a network to configure an overlay network, and contents are distributed and saved in the plurality of node devices, the information processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire domain information indicative of a domain name inquired by an inquiry device;

a retrieval unit configured to retrieve the content corresponding to the indicted domain name through the overlay network;

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the inquiry device, location information indicative of a location of the node device that saves the content corresponding to the indicated domain name;

a storage unit configured to store the location information retrieved by the retrieval unit in association with the domain information; and

a first determination unit configured to determine whether the location information corresponding to the acquired domain information is stored in the storage unit or not,

wherein if the first determination unit determines that the location information is stored in the storage unit, the transmission unit transmits, to the inquiry device, the location information stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the acquired domain information, and

wherein if the first determination unit determines that the location information is not stored in the storage unit, the retrieval unit retrieves the content.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising a generation unit configured to generate key information on the basis of the domain information acquired by the acquisition unit, the key information indicative of a retrieval key which is used to retrieve the content corresponding to the indicated domain name through the overlay network,

wherein the retrieval unit retrieves the content corresponding to the key information through the overlay network on the basis of the key information generated by the generation unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising:

a second determination unit configured to determine whether a given time is elapsed since the location information is stored in the storage unit or not,

wherein the transmission unit does not transmit the location information if the second determination unit determines that the given time is elapsed.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising:

a second storage unit configured to store frequency information indicative of a frequency at which the domain information is acquired by the acquisition unit in association with the domain information;

a third determination unit configured to determine whether the frequency indicated by the stored frequency information exceeds a given value or not; and

a second transmission unit configured to transmit, to any node device, indication information indicative of an instruction for saving the content corresponding to the domain name indicated by the domain information corresponding to the frequency information in any one of the plurality of node devices if the third determination unit determines that the frequency indicated by the stored frequency information exceeds the given value.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 further comprising:

a second acquisition unit configured to acquire quantity information indicative of the number of the node devices that save the content for each of the domain information; and

a fourth determination unit configured to determine the given value, and determine the larger given value with the domain information larger in the number indicated by the quantity information acquired by the second acquisition unit,

wherein the third determination unit determines whether the frequency indicated by the frequency information stored in the second storage unit exceeds the given value determined by the fourth determination unit or not.

6. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the transmission unit transmits the indication information to any node device other than the node device which transmits an introduction refusal notice message to the information processing device.

7. An information processing method in an information communication system in which a plurality of node devices are connected to a network to configure an overlay network, and contents are distributed and saved in the plurality of node devices, the information processing method comprising:

acquiring domain information indicative of a domain name inquired by an inquiry device;

determining whether location information indicative of a location of the node device that saves the content corresponding to the indicated domain name is stored in a storage unit or not;

if it is determined that the location information is stored in the storage unit, transmitting, to the inquiry device, the location information stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the acquired domain information; and

if it is determined that the location information is not stored in the storage unit,

retrieving the content corresponding to the indicted domain name through the overlay network;

transmitting, to the inquiry device, the location information indicative of the location of the node device that saves the retrieved content; and

storing the location information indicative of the location of the node device that saves the retrieved content in association with the domain information in the storage unit.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7 further comprising:

storing frequency information indicative of a frequency at which the acquired domain information in association with the domain information;

determining whether the frequency indicated by the stored frequency information exceeds a given value or not; and

transmitting, to any node device, indication information indicative of an instruction for saving the content corresponding to the domain name indicated by the domain information corresponding to the frequency information in any one of the plurality of node devices if it is determined that the frequency indicated by the stored frequency information exceeds the given value.

9. A computer readable recording medium, the recording medium storing an information processing program executable by a computer included in an information processing device in an information communication system in which a plurality of node devices are connected to a network to configure an overlay network, and contents are distributed and saved in the plurality of node devices, the information processing program causing the computer to execute:

acquiring domain information indicative of a domain name inquired by an inquiry device;

determining whether location information indicative of a location of the node device that saves the content corresponding to the indicated domain name is stored in a storage unit or not;

if it is determined that the location information is stored in the storage unit, transmitting, to the inquiry device, the location information stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the acquired domain information; and

if it is determined that the location information is not stored in the storage unit,

retrieving the content corresponding to the indicted domain name through the overlay network;

transmitting, to the inquiry device, the location information indicative of the location of the node device that saves the retrieved content; and

storing the location information indicative of the location of the node device that saves the retrieved content in association with the domain information in the storage unit.

10. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 9, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to execute:

storing frequency information indicative of a frequency at which the acquired domain information in association with the domain information;

determining whether the frequency indicated by the stored frequency information exceeds a given value or not; and

transmitting, to any node device, indication information indicative of an instruction for saving the content corresponding to the domain name indicated by the domain information corresponding to the frequency information in any one of the plurality of node devices if it is determined that the frequency indicated by the stored frequency information exceeds the given value.