Locator and tracking service for peer-to-peer resources
First Claim
1. A method performed by a server providing locating service in a peer-to-peer networking environment in which peers publish resources, peers cache resources obtained from other peers, and peers obtain resources cached by other peers, where peers determine locations of resources via a locator service comprised of servers that track names of resources and respective peers storing the named resources, where resources both within and outside the peer-to-peer networking environment are looked up by passing the names of a resource to the locator service, the method comprising:
- receiving an assignment of a peer within the peer-to-peer networking environment and in response tracking the network address of the peer;
receiving a plurality resource requests from the peer and through the peer-to-peer networking environment, the resource requests being addressed to the server based on the peer having been assigned to the server, and each resource request containing a resource identifier identifying a resource, where some of the resource requests are for non-peer resources outside the peer-to-peer networking environment, and some of the resource requests are for peer resources available from peers of the peer-to-peer networking environment;
responsive to receiving a resource request from the peer, determining if the resource request is a request for a peer resource or if the resource request is a request for a non-peer resource;
forwarding the resource request to a network source outside the peer-to-peer network if it was determined that the resource request is a request for a non-peer resource;
accessing a locator service indicated by the resource request if it was determined that the resource request is a request for a peer resource, and receiving from said locator service a list of network locations of peers in peer-to-peer networking environment where the peer resource is expected to be available, the list of network locations not including the server, the locator service comprising a plurality of servers to which various peers are assigned, where when a server does not have a peer location for a requested resource such server refers to another server to obtain the peer location; and
sending at least a portion of the list of network locations of peers to the peer to allow the peer to access the peer resource at one or more of the listed network locations.
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Abstract
A resource naming service (RNS) server receives peer resource requests from peer platforms through a networking environment. The RNS server, possibly in cooperation with other RNS servers and peer registrars generates a response to the request to enable the peer platforms to access the requested peer resources. In one embodiment, a response includes a list of locations of peer devices in the networking environment where a resource is expected to be available. A requesting device can then choose to access the resource from one or more of the listed peer locations.
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1. A method performed by a server providing locating service in a peer-to-peer networking environment in which peers publish resources, peers cache resources obtained from other peers, and peers obtain resources cached by other peers, where peers determine locations of resources via a locator service comprised of servers that track names of resources and respective peers storing the named resources, where resources both within and outside the peer-to-peer networking environment are looked up by passing the names of a resource to the locator service, the method comprising:
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receiving an assignment of a peer within the peer-to-peer networking environment and in response tracking the network address of the peer; receiving a plurality resource requests from the peer and through the peer-to-peer networking environment, the resource requests being addressed to the server based on the peer having been assigned to the server, and each resource request containing a resource identifier identifying a resource, where some of the resource requests are for non-peer resources outside the peer-to-peer networking environment, and some of the resource requests are for peer resources available from peers of the peer-to-peer networking environment; responsive to receiving a resource request from the peer, determining if the resource request is a request for a peer resource or if the resource request is a request for a non-peer resource; forwarding the resource request to a network source outside the peer-to-peer network if it was determined that the resource request is a request for a non-peer resource; accessing a locator service indicated by the resource request if it was determined that the resource request is a request for a peer resource, and receiving from said locator service a list of network locations of peers in peer-to-peer networking environment where the peer resource is expected to be available, the list of network locations not including the server, the locator service comprising a plurality of servers to which various peers are assigned, where when a server does not have a peer location for a requested resource such server refers to another server to obtain the peer location; and sending at least a portion of the list of network locations of peers to the peer to allow the peer to access the peer resource at one or more of the listed network locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine readable storage medium of a server providing locator service in a peer-to-peer networking environment, the machine readable storage medium having stored thereon machine executable instructions to implement a method performed by a server cooperating with other servers to provide a locator service in which servers track peers assigned thereto, peers request from their assigned servers locations of peers having resources, and when a server does not have a peer location of a requested resource the server requests peer locations of the requested resource from another of the servers, the method comprising:
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receiving an assignment of a peer within a realm of the peer-to-peer networking environment; receiving a plurality resource requests from the peer within the peer-to-peer networking environment, the resource requests being addressed to the server based on the peer having been assigned to the server, and each resource request containing a resource identifier identifying a resource, where some of the resource requests are for non-peer resources from outside the peer-to-peer networking environment, and some of the resource requests are for peer resources available from peers of the peer-to-peer networking environment; responsive to receiving a resource request from the peer, determining if the resource request is a request for a peer resource of if the resource request is a request for a non-peer resource; forwarding the resource request to a network source outside the peer-to-peer network when it is determined that the resource request is a request for a non-peer resource; accessing the locator service when it is determined that the resource request is a request for a peer resource, and receiving from said locator service a list or peers in the peer-to-peer networking environment request the peer resource is expected to be available, the list not including the server; and sending at least a portion of the list of a peers to the peer to allow the peer to access the peer resource at one or more the peers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A hardware apparatus comprising:
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a server in a peer-to-peer networking environment to receive an assignment of a peer within a realm of the peer-to-peer networking environment, the server cooperating with other servers to provide a locator service in which servers track peers assigned thereto, peers request from their assigned servers locations of peers having resources, when a server does not have a location of requested resource the server requests the location from another of the servers; the server to receive resource requests from the peer in the peer-to-peer networking environment, the resource requests being addressed to the server based on the peer having been assigned to the server, and each resource request containing a resource identifier identifying a resource, where some of the resource requests are non-peer resources from outside the peer-to-peer networking environment, and some of the resource requests are for peer resources available from peers of the peer-to-peer networking environment; said server to determine if a resource request is a request for a peer resource or is a request for a non-peer resource; said server to forward the resource request to a network source outside the peer-to-peer network when it is determined that resource request is a request for a non-peer resource; said server to access the locator service indicated when it is determined that the resource request is a request for a peer resource and receiving from the locator service a list network locations of peers in the networking environment where the peer resource is indicated as being available, the list of network locations not including the server; and said server to send at least a portion of the list or network locations to the peer to allow the peer to access the peer resource at one or more of the listed network locations.
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