Method for improving peer to peer network communication

• US 7,583,682 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Issued: 09/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kroll Information Assurance LLC
• Original Assignee: Tiversa, Inc. (Tiversa Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Hopkins, Samuel P.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, MAN U
• Application Number:
  US11/040,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20050163135A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,684 Days
• Field of Search: 370229-254, 370315-395, 370400-411, 709227-229, 709237-241, 709203-221
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/042 comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/107 with limitation or expansion of the discovery scope
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1093 Some peer nodes performing special functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a node for deployment on a peer to peer network. The node is programmed for monitoring the network to receive communication messages therefrom and to forward the communication messages, optionally changing the communications radius parameters to an optimal or near optimal value. The node can forward messages from one network to another or from one network to the same network. The invention also provides a method for monitoring communication messages for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method includes interposing the node on the network. The node has at least one stored object corresponding to a communication message object stored at the node; and monitors the network to detect communication messages matching at least one of the stored objects and decides whether or not to forward or change communication message radius parameters based on some defined programming or configuration.

Claims

1. A method of communicating over a peer to peer network, the method comprising the steps of:

interposing at least one node on a peer to peer network;

accepting a first communication message from a first node in the peer to peer network, the first message including information therein;

creating a second communication message, the second communication message including the same information as the first communication message except for an identification information that is different from the first communication message;

forwarding the second communication message to a second node in the peer to peer network;

resetting a communication radius parameter of the second communication message to a value to increase the distance the communication message is expected to travel in response to an expiration of the communication message radius parameter, prior to forwarding the second communication message; and

forwarding the response to the first node.

2. A method of communicating over a peer to peer network communications, the method comprising the steps of:

interposing at least one node on a peer to peer network;

connecting to first and second peer to peer networks;

accepting communication messages from the first network;

creating new communication messages with the same information and new identification information to replace the accepted messages;

forwarding the new communication messages onto the second network;

resetting a communication radius parameter to a value to increase the distance the communication message is expected to travel in response to an expiration of the communication message radius parameter, prior to forwarding the new communication messages to the second network;

receiving responses to the new communication messages; and

forwarding the responses of the new communication messages to an original node of the first network.

3. A method as set forth in claim 2 wherein the at least one node hides the identity of the original node.