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Peer-to-peer file sharing

  • US 7,860,876 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2006
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implementing a search in a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system, the method comprising:

  • masking a term in a query entered into a client computer of the P2P system to obtain a masked query, wherein the term is not a stop word and masking the term in the query to obtain a masked query includes the client computer automatically removing the term from the query;

    routing the masked query from the client computer to a plurality of server computers within the P2P system;

    searching each of the plurality of server computers using the masked query by comparing each query term of the masked query to a file descriptor of at least one server file in each of the plurality of server computers; and

    returning search results to the client computer, wherein each of the search results is a matching server file from one of the plurality of server computers having a matching file descriptor including query terms of the masked query.

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