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Peer trust evaluation using mobile agents in peer-to-peer networks

  • US 7,213,047 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 05/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A peer node, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the processor to;

    generate a mobile agent including an itinerary indicating a plurality of peer nodes in the peer-to-peer network to be visited by the mobile agent and further including an indication of an area of interest of the initiating peer node; and

    send the mobile agent to a first peer node of the plurality of peer nodes indicated by the itinerary;

    wherein the mobile agent is configured to collect trust evaluations for a subset of the plurality of peer nodes as providers of codats relevant to the area of interest from one or more of the plurality of peer nodes indicated by the itinerary, wherein a codat is computer-representable content or data.

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