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Advertisements for peer-to-peer computing resources

  • US 7,533,172 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2002
  • Issued: 05/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A peer-to-peer network system, comprising:

  • a plurality of peers, wherein each peer comprises a network node configured to communicate with one or more other ones of said peers over one or more networks;

    a plurality of peer services or content provided by one or more of said peers;

    a service or content advertisement for each of said services or content, wherein each service or content advertisement comprises an identification of a corresponding service or content and an indication of how to access the corresponding service or content;

    a peer advertisement for each of said peers, wherein each peer advertisement comprises an identification of a corresponding one of said peers and communication address for the corresponding one of said peers, wherein one or more of said peer advertisements further comprises an indication of a service or a content provided by the peer corresponding to that peer advertisement;

    wherein one or more of said peers are configured to publish their corresponding peer advertisements and one or more of said service or content advertisements in the peer-to-peer network system to be discoverable by other peers; and

    wherein each advertisement is a separate programming language independent metadata document.

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