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METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE

  • US 20140298314A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2014
  • Published: 10/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for distributing, from a first computing device to a second computing device over a network, a software product update from a content server, the method comprising:

  • obtaining the software product update, by the first computing device, from the content server via a connection, the first computing device being a client of the content server and a peer in the network;

    communicating, by the first computing device, to one or more peers in the network that the software product update is available to be obtained from the first computing device;

    locating, by the second computing device, a closest peer closest to the second computing device, that comprises the software product update, where more than one peer has obtained the software product update;

    determining, by the second computing device, that the first computing device is the closest peer to the second computing device that comprises the software product update; and

    obtaining the software product update, by the second computing device, from the first computing device via the network, the first computing device connected to the second computing device via a second network, the content server external to the second network.

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