Broadcast driven virtual community of P2P network

• US 8,566,475 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2004
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Peters, Marc Andre, Van Den Boomen, Wilhelmus Henrica Gerarda Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): Moise, Emmanuel L
• Assistant Examiner(s): ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y
• Application Number:
  US10/596,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,245 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/245
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1042 using topology management mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23892 involving embedding information at multiplex stream level, e.g. embedding a watermark at packet level
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

Meta data accompanying a content broadcast includes an identifier of a group of peers on a P2P network. The group provides or shares a service to enable peers to connect and interact via the P2P network within the context of the broadcast.

Claims

1. A method of enabling to identify a specific broadcast driven group of peers among multiple groups of peers on a peer-to-peer network, the method comprising:

providing, via a broadcast network, a specific identifier of multiple identifiers that comprise globally unique group identifiers (group IDs) for linking a content broadcast to the specific broadcast driven group of peers;

deriving, via a network-enabled consumer electronic apparatus, at an end-user site the specific identifier (i) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (i)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (i)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in a broadcast stream of the content broadcast in response to a reception of the content broadcast, (ii) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (ii)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (ii)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in an electronic program guide (EPG) in response to selecting the content broadcast from the EPG, and (iii) from a still further identifier that comprises (iii)(1) a program title being representative of the content broadcast that is used as a first identifier for mapping a peer group identifier (peer group ID) into the derived specific identifier and (iii)(2) a TV-anytime Content Reference Identifier that is also used for mapping the peer group ID as part of the step of deriving; and

responsive to the specific identifier being derived, enabling, via the network-enabled consumer electronic apparatus, at the end-user site (i) a broadcast driven virtual private network connection within the peer-to-peer network (ii) to the specific broadcast driven group of peers (iii) specifically within a context of the content broadcast (iv) to form a corresponding specific broadcast driven virtual private network that improves the scalability of the virtual private network connection of the specific broadcast driven group of peers within the peer-to-peer network (v) by routing messages of the specific broadcast driven group of peers only through members of that group via the mapped peer group ID and not to all peers of the multiple groups of peers on the peer-to-peer network.

2. A method of identifying a specific broadcast driven group of peers among multiple groups of peers on a peer-to-peer network, the method comprising:

providing, via a broadcast network, a specific one of multiple identifiers that comprise globally unique group identifiers (group IDs) for linking a content broadcast to the specific broadcast driven group of peers;

deriving, via a network-enabled consumer electronic apparatus, at an end-user site the specific identifier of the specific broadcast driven group of peers on a peer-to-peer network (i) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (i)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (i)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in a broadcast stream of the content broadcast in response to a reception of the content broadcast, (ii) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (ii)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (ii)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in an electronic program guide (EPG) in response to a selection of the content broadcast from the EPG, and (iii) from a still further identifier that comprises (iii)(1) a program title being representative of the content broadcast that is used as a first identifier for mapping a peer group identifier (peer group ID) into the derived specific identifier and (iii)(2) a TV-anytime Content Reference Identifier that is also used for mapping the peer group ID; and

linking, via the network-enabled consumer electronic apparatus and the peer-to-peer network, (i) specifically within a context of the content broadcast (ii) a specific broadcast driven virtual private network connection within the peer-to-peer network at the end-user site (iii) the specific broadcast driven group of peers using the specific one of multiple identifiers (iv) to form a corresponding specific broadcast driven virtual private network that improves the scalability of the virtual private network connection of the specific broadcast driven group of peers within the peer-to-peer network (v) by routing messages of the specific broadcast driven group of peers only through members of that group via the mapped peer group ID and not to all peers of the multiple groups of peers on the peer-to-peer network.

3. An apparatus configured to identify a specific broadcast driven group of peers among multiple groups of peers for use on a peer-to-peer network, comprising:

means for providing a specific one of multiple identifiers that comprise globally unique group identifiers (group IDs) for linking a content broadcast to the specific broadcast driven group of peers;

means for deriving the specific identifier of the specific broadcast driven group of peers on a peer-to-peer network (i) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (i)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (i)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in a broadcast stream of the content broadcast in response to a reception of the content broadcast, (ii) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (ii)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (ii)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in an electronic program guide (EPG) in response to a selection of the content broadcast from the EPG, and (iii) from a still further identifier that comprises (iii)(1) a program title being representative of the content broadcast that is used as a first identifier for mapping a peer group identifier (peer group ID) into the derived specific identifier and (iii)(2) a TV-anytime Content Reference Identifier that is also used for mapping the peer group ID; and

means for linking (i) specifically within a context of the content broadcast (ii) a specific broadcast driven virtual private network connection within the peer-to-peer network at an end-user site (iii) the specific broadcast driven group of peers using the specific one of multiple identifiers (iv) to form a corresponding specific broadcast driven virtual private network that improves the scalability of the virtual private network connection of the specific broadcast driven group of peers within the peer-to-peer network (v) by routing messages of the specific broadcast driven group of peers only through members of that group via the mapped peer group ID and not to all peers of the multiple groups of peers on the peer-to-peer network.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon control software for causing a data network apparatus to identify a specific broadcast driven group of peers among multiple groups of peers for use on a peer-to-peer network and operative to:

provide a specific one of multiple identifiers that comprise globally unique group identifiers (group IDs) for linking a content broadcast to the specific broadcast driven group of peers;

derive the specific identifier of the specific broadcast driven group of peers among multiple groups of peers on data peer-to-peer network (i) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (i)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (i)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in a broadcast stream of the content broadcast in response to a reception of the content broadcast, (ii) from a further identifier, that comprises a DNS name of (ii)(1) a broadcaster/service provider of the content broadcast or (ii)(2) third party groups having a broadcaster negotiated link to the content broadcast, embedded in an electronic program guide (EPG) in response to a selection of the content broadcast from the EPG, and (iii) from a still further identifier that comprises (iii)(1) a program title being representative of the content broadcast that is used as a first identifier for mapping a peer group identifier (peer group ID) into the derived specific identifier and (iii)(2) a TV-anytime Content Reference Identifier that is also used for mapping the peer group ID; and

link (i) specifically within a context of the content broadcast (ii) a specific broadcast driven virtual private network connection within the peer-to-peer network at an end-user site (iii) the specific broadcast driven group of peers using the specific one of multiple identifiers (iv) to form a corresponding specific broadcast driven virtual private network that improves the scalability of the virtual private network connection of the specific broadcast driven group of peers within the peer-to-peer network (v) by routing messages of the specific broadcast driven group of peers only through members of that group via the mapped peer group ID and not to all peers of the multiple groups of peers on the peer-to-peer network.