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Rapid dissemination of bulk information to widely dispersed network nodes

  • US 7,961,741 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2008
  • Issued: 06/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of disseminating information from a central location to nodes in a network, comprising:

  • selecting a node in the network as a seed node and transferring the information to the seed node for storage therein;

    sending a notification message from the central location to non-seed nodes in the network, informing them of the availability of said information for download from one or more seed nodes;

    from each non-seed node in the network that is to receive the information, sending an information transfer request to an established number of neighbor nodes;

    in the event the information is not located at one of said neighbor nodes in response to the transfer request sent to the established number of neighbor nodes after a defined wait interval, sending an information transfer request to a successively increasing number of neighbor nodes, until either the information is located at a neighbor node or a search threshold is reached; and

    in the event the information is located, downloading the information from a neighbor node.

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