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EFFICIENT SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20120117400A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2011
  • Published: 05/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A machine-implemented method for advertising a service in a peer-to-peer networking environment, the method comprising:

  • broadcasting, by a local device, a service advertisement in a wireless network, the service advertisement including one or more service identifiers (IDs) identifying one or more services being advertised and an availability schedule of the local device;

    listening, by the local device, in the wireless network according to the availability schedule of the local device; and

    in response to a service request received from a remote device during the availability window, transmitting a service response to the remote device, the service response having detailed information associated with one or more services identified by one or more service IDs in the service request.

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