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Peer proxy binding

  • US 8,305,892 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2010
  • Issued: 11/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for connecting a guest browser with a proxy, comprising:

  • sending a registration request for a proxy from a peer to a proxy director;

    receiving a proxy name for the proxy having a least load selected by the proxy director, wherein the proxy is selected by;

    determining a load for each proxy of a plurality of proxies;

    selecting the proxy with the least load, wherein the load is a function of a number of peers assigned to the proxy, a central processing unit capacity of the proxy, and the amount of data served by the proxy over a period of time; and

    sending a registration request with a peer name and the proxy name from the peer to a dynamic domain name server (DNS), wherein the dynamic DNS registers a dynamic DNS record with a DNS name server to associate the peer name with the proxy name.

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