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Peer-to peer graphing interfaces and methods

  • US 7,430,747 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2002
  • Issued: 09/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing an interface between an application program and a server process to manage peer-to-peer graphs, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving from the application program a graph and node information management call having a plurality of call parameters, the graph and node information management call selected from a group consisting of;

    a get node information call having the plurality of call parameters comprising a get node graph handle, a node identification of a node about which information is desired, a pointer to a peer node information data structure containing information about the node;

    a set node attributes call having the plurality of call parameters comprising a set node graph handle and a string representing attributes to associate with a node to be set;

    a get graph properties call having the plurality of call parameters comprising a get graph properties graph handle and a pointer to graph properties;

    set graph status call having the plurality of call parameters comprising a group handle and a set of peer graph status flags that are currently set as the status of the group corresponding to the group handle;

    a set graph properties call having the plurality of call parameters comprising a set graph properties graph handle and a pointer to a graph properties data structure; and

    a convert system from graph time call having the plurality of call parameters comprising a convert time graph handle, a pointer to a graph time to be converted, and a pointer to a local system time derived from the graph time;

    parsing the graph and node information management call to retrieve the plurality of call parameters; and

    returning to the application program a value indicative of the success/failure of the graph and node information management call.

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