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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PEER TO PEER SEARCHING, SHARING, SOCIAL NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION IN ONE OR MORE NETWORKS

  • US 20120102172A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2011
  • Published: 04/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A peer-to-peer network including:

  • a plurality of devices, each device having a respective unique address for enabling messages to be delivered thereto, wherein the devices include at least one publishing device that provides services for use by devices in the network and at least one searching device that uses services provided by devices in the network, some of the devices being adapted to function as super peer nodes, each super peer node being capable of;

    storing advertisements for services provided by publishing devices and a respective address indicative of the publishing device providing the service;

    receiving requests for services from searching devices; and

    providing searching devices with respective addresses associated with the services;

    a presence server for receiving presence messages from each device in the network and maintaining a presence list in accordance with the presence messages; and

    a super peer elector which subscribes to receive the presence list from the presence server and processes the presence list to determine whether a new super peer node is required in the network, wherein the super peer elector further uses information from the presence list to determine which simple peer nodes are available to perform super peer functions and elects one of the available simple peer nodes as a new super peer node using the most recent presence list to confirm availability.

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