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EXPEDITING CONTENT RETRIEVAL USING PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS

  • US 20170163718A1
  • Filed: 02/23/2017
  • Published: 06/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing the receiving of digital content, the method comprising:

  • identifying an in-progress download of content by a computer system from a content system;

    joining, by the computer system during the download of the content from the content system, a peer-to-peer network in which the content is being shared by at least one peer in the peer-to-peer network;

    responsive to joining the peer-to-peer network, simultaneously downloading, by the computer system, data blocks of the content from the peer-to-peer network and from the content system via the in-progress download;

    determining, by the computer system based on the simultaneous downloading, whether to primarily rely on the peer-to-peer network for receiving the content;

    responsive to determining to primarily rely on the peer-to-peer network, terminating, by the computer system, the in-progress download from the content system; and

    receiving, by the computer system, at least a portion of the content through the peer-to-peer network.

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