System and method of peer to peer searching, sharing, social networking and communication in one or more networks

• US 8,073,839 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2010
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OnePatont Software Limited
• Original Assignee: Yogesh Chunilal Rathod
• Inventors: Rathod, Yogesh Chunilal
• Primary Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US12/853,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20110113094A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 707/640, 707/661, 707/713, 707/769, 707/770, 709/217, 709/220, 709/223, 709/230, 709/226
• US Class Current: 707/713
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1837 Management specially adapted to peer-to-peer storage networks topology management mechanisms of peer-to-peer networks H04L67/1042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3331 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 : using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 : using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 : Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0243 : Comparative campaigns
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0249 : based upon budgets or funds
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 : Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 : based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 : based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 : Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 : Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 : Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 : for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 : Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 : Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 : using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 : Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 : Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 : for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 : Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 : for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 : Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 : for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 : involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 : Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A system for transmission, reception and accumulation of the knowledge packets to plurality of channel nodes in the network operating distributedly in a peer to peer environment via installable one or more role active Human Operating System (HOS) applications in a digital devise of each of channel node, a network controller registering and providing desired HOS applications and multiple developers developing advance communication and knowledge management applications and each of subscribers exploiting the said network resources by leveraging and augmenting taxonomically and ontologically classified knowledge classes expressed via plurality search macros and UKID structures facilitating said expert human agents for knowledge invocation and support services and service providers providing information services in the preidentified taxonomical classes, wherein each of channel nodes communicating with the unknown via domain specific supernodes each facilitating social networking and relationships development leading to human grid which is searchable via Universal Desktop Search by black box search module.

Claims

1. A method of peer to peer searching, sharing, social networking and communication in one or more networks, said method comprising:

allowing first device or peer to search or receive from a server information about data that can be received via at least one peer-to-peer domain and connection information about at least one peer respectively connected to each of the at least one peer-to-peer domain or to transmit publication data via a peer-to-peer network comprising;

generating information regarding a publication(s);

transmitting the information regarding the publication(s) with metadata to a server in the peer-to-peer network; and

transmitting publication(s) data to peers in the peer-to-peer network according to the information regarding the publication(s), wherein the information regarding the publication(s) comprises information regarding a list of a plurality of publication(s) content that are published via the publication(s) of publisher(s) or receiving request or search query at a node in a social network requesting access to data based on one or more of the relationships; and

allowing first device or peer to communicate with at least one matched peer or receive the predetermined data via a second device or peer from the at least one peer connected to a first peer-to-peer network of the at least one peer-to-peer network which can receive the predetermined data or to receive published data via a peer-to-peer network, comprising;

receiving information regarding a publication(s) of a second device or peer from a server in the peer-to-peer network; and

receiving the published data of the publication(s) of publishers from peers in the peer-to-peer network according to the information regarding the publication(s), wherein the information regarding the publication(s) comprises information regarding a list of a plurality of publication(s) content published via the publication(s) of publishers or receiving data at the node from one or more of the other nodes based on one or more of the relationships; and

at the node, publishing the data from the other nodes.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 of managing information about data, performed by a server, the method comprising:

receiving from at least one super nodes of the at least one peer-to-peer domain information about data shared in at least one peer-to-peer domain(s) and information about at least one peer respectively connected to each of the at least one peer-to-peer domain(s); and

transmitting the information about data and the information about at least one peer to a predetermined device connected to the server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information about the at least one peer comprises at least one of information about globally unique identifiers (GUID) of the at least one peer and information about Internet protocol and port addresses of the at least one peer.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first device and the second device are devices in same or different domain(s) or network(s).

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said peers (users) can search the central server including one or more super nodes of at least one peer-to-peer domain(s).

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving the predetermined data comprises:

requesting the predetermined data from the second device connected to the first peer-to-peer network, based on the information about data and based on the information about the at least one peer; and

receiving the predetermined data as a response to the requesting, wherein the second device receives the predetermined data via the peer-to-peer network which can receive the predetermined data, and transmits the predetermined data to the first device.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1 of relaying data, performed by a second device, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a first device, wherein the request is for predetermined data shared in a peer-to-peer network to which the second device is connected;

receiving the predetermined data via the peer-to-peer network according to the request; and

transmitting the predetermined data to the first device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a server contains information about data that can be received via at least one peer-to-peer network and information about at least one peer respectively connected to each of the at least one peer-to-peer network, and the first device receives the information about data and the information about at least one peer from the server.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta data comprises publication name, publisher id, source of publication, publication date and/or timings, publication categories or taxonomies, publication descriptions, publication type.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein publication type including private or public, merge for updating the publication, snapshot, transactional for real time broadcasting.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said performing the selection of candidate super nodes in a peer-to-peer network, including at least one simple peer node and at least one super peer node, the method comprising:

providing at least one candidate super nodes collector server for receiving availability messages from nodes within the network;

at the said server, maintaining a availability list in accordance with the availability messages received within a predetermined period;

each super peer node sending a periodic availability message to the said server to indicate continuing availability as a super peer node;

determining which simple peer nodes are available to perform super peer functions; and

selecting one of the available simple peer nodes as a new super peer node using the most recent availability list to confirm availability.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the step of determining the availability of a given simple peer node includes:

subscribing to receive availability information notifications from the candidate super nodes collector server, the most recent availability information notification being representative of the respective availabilities of all nodes within the network.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the periodic availability messages further include peer status information including at least one of:

peer bandwidth availability, peer storage capability and peer resource usage, and wherein the step of directing simple peer requests to available super peer nodes includes evaluating the peer status information for at least one super peer node to determine whether the super peer node is capable of handling a given simple peer request.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein peers (users) can subscribe one or more publications including pull and push subscriptions.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the node comprises data for an entity and said entity controls the data at the node without employing central control of the social network.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said entity controls the data at the node and central control of the social network stores and controls the index data of said data of entity.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said central control of the social network may employ super nodes for storing said index data of said data of entity.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the node further comprises one or more relationships or connection data with other nodes to search and share data with one or more other nodes.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the node comprises positive or negative ranking information associated with one or more of the relationships.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving data at the node from one or more of the other nodes is based on preference settings at the node including number of depths, number of results, expiration time.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving data at the node from one or more of the other nodes is based on ranking of relationships.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the publication comprises information regarding meta data of the plurality of data of the broadcast content, wherein the information regarding the meta data comprises publication name, publisher id, source of publication, publication date and/or timings, publication categories or taxonomies, publication descriptions, publication type.

23. A peer to peer system for enabling users to search, share, and communicate in a plurality of network(s), the system comprises of:

a data receiving apparatus corresponding to a first device for receiving predetermined data, the data receiving apparatus comprising;

a data information receiving unit which receives from a server information about data that can be received via at least one peer-to-peer (P2P) domain and connection information about at least one peer respectively connected to each of the at least one peer-to-peer domain;

request receiving unit which receives request or search query at a node in a social network requesting access to data based on one or more of the relationships; and

a data receiving unit which receives the predetermined data via a second device connected to a first P2P domain of the at least one P2P domain which can receive the predetermined data and which receives data at the node from one or more of the other nodes based on one or more of the relationships and at the node, publishing the data from the other nodes;

an apparatus for transmitting publication data via a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, the apparatus comprising;

a publication information generation unit which generates information regarding a publication;

a publication information transmission unit which transmits the information regarding the publication to a server in the P2P network; and

a publication data transmission unit which transmits publication data to peers in the P2P network according to the information regarding the publication, wherein the information regarding the publication comprises information regarding a list of a plurality of pieces of publication content that are published via the publication(s) of publisher(s); and

a publication data receiving unit to receive published data via a peer-to-peer network, comprising;

receiving information regarding a publication(s) of a second device or peer from a server in the peer-to-peer network; and

receiving the published data of the publication(s) of publishers from peers in the peer-to-peer network according to the information regarding the publication(s), wherein the information regarding the publication(s) comprises information regarding a list of a plurality of publication(s) content published via the publication(s) of publishers.

24. The system as claimed in claim 23, wherein configuring said peers to search the central server including one or more super nodes of at least one peer-to-peer domain(s).