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Network Multicast Peer Discovery Methods

  • US 20130208620A1
  • Filed: 06/16/2009
  • Published: 08/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • establishing communications with one or more peers in a communication group via one or more unicast communication channels to join the communication group, the communication group arranged to distribute information between group members via a peer-to-peer overlay network;

    sending, after joining the communication group, a participation information request on a multicast communication channel of a local network to discover peers on the local network that already use the peer-to-peer overlay network to participate in the communication group;

    receiving one or more responses to the participation information request on the multicast communication channel of the local network from one or more peers that participate in the communication group;

    selecting one or more of the one or more peers from which the one or more responses were received based on a network topology condition to reduce communication latency in at least a portion of the communication group;

    updating at least a portion of a topology of the communication group based on a result of the selecting; and

    communicating with the one or more selected peers to distribute information within the communication group based on the topology.

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