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Method and apparatus for identifying an alternative peer hosting an alternative communication service

  • US 8,326,917 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2008
  • Issued: 12/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-executable method, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, for invoking a communication service provided by a peer of a peer-to-peer system, the method comprising:

  • identifying a peer hosting the communication service;

    invoking the communication service via a distributed directory that carries entries that enable a client to invoke the communication service; and

    identifying an alternative peer hosting an alternative communication service in case the identified peer or the communication service is unavailable, where the alternative communication service has an interface and provides a functionality different from said communication service, and where the distributed directory carries entries that enable a client to invoke the alternative communication service.

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