Peer-to-peer connection system and method for use in multi-network environment

• US 8,930,546 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2011
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yoon, Hee Tae, Kim, Young Kwang
• Primary Examiner(s): Gillis, Brian J
• Application Number:
  US13/307,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20120137011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/228, 709/230
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/677 Multiple interfaces, e.g. multihomed nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2575 using address mapping retrieval, e.g. simple traversal of user datagram protocol through session traversal utilities for NAT [STUN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols

Abstract

Provided are a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection system and method for use in a multi-network environment. The P2P connection system includes a user terminal configured to register connection information for connecting to the user terminal through each of a plurality of connectable networks in a location server; and the location server configured to store the connection information received from the user terminal.

Claims

1. A peer-to-peer (P2P) connection system comprising:

a user terminal configured to receive, from a Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translators (STUN) server, Network Address Translation (NAT) type information for a plurality of connectable networks;

a location server configured to store connection information for connecting the user terminal to a second user terminal using a P2P connection through the plurality of connectable networks; and

a relay server to which the user terminal transmits a registration packet to register the connection information through the relay server, the registration packet comprising the NAT type information and a private address of the user terminal, the connection information comprising a public address of the user terminal, the private address of the user terminal, the NAT type information and an address of the relay server, the relay server being configured to extract the public address of the user terminal from the registration packet and transmit, to the location server, the public address of the user terminal, the private address of the user terminal, the NAT type information and the address of the relay server, thereby registering the connection information in the location server.

2. The P2P connection system of claim 1, the connection information further comprising connection priority information for the plurality of connectable networks.

3. A peer-to-peer (P2P) connection system comprising:

a location server configured to store connection information of a plurality of networks connectable to a first user terminal for a P2P connection to the first user terminal, and to provide the connection information to a second user terminal according to a request of the second user terminal; and

a relay server to which the first user terminal transmits a registration packet to register the connection information through the relay server, the registration packet comprising NAT type information for the plurality of networks and a private address of the first user terminal, the connection information comprising a public address of the first user terminal, the private address of the first user terminal, the NAT type information and an address of the relay server, the relay server being configured to extract the public address of the first user terminal from the registration packet and transmit, to the location server, the public address of the first user terminal, the private address of the first user terminal, the NAT type information and the address of the relay server, thereby registering the connection information in the location server,

wherein the second user terminal uses the connection information to establish the P2P connection to the first user terminal through a first network among the plurality of networks.

4. The P2P connection system of claim 3, the connection information further comprising connection priority information for the plurality of networks, the first network having a highest connection priority among the plurality of networks according to the connection priority information.

5. The P2P connection system of claim 4, wherein when the P2P connection to the first user terminal through the first network is disconnected, the second user terminal uses the connection information to reestablish the P2P connection to the first user terminal through a second network having a next highest connection priority among the plurality of networks according to the connection priority information.

6. A method of registering P2P connection information, comprising:

receiving, by a user terminal, Network Address Translation (NAT) type information from a Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translators (STUN) server for a plurality of connectable networks;

transmitting, by the user terminal, a registration packet to a relay server to register, through the relay server, connection information for connecting the user terminal to a second user terminal using a P2P connection through the plurality of connectable networks, the registration packet comprising the NAT type information and a private address of the user terminal, the connection information comprising a public address of the user terminal, the private address of the user terminal, the NAT type information and an address of the relay server;

extracting, by the relay server, the public address of the user terminal from the registration packet; and

transmitting, by the relay server, the extracted public address of the user terminal, the address of the relay server, the private address of the user terminal, and the NAT type information, to a location server, thereby registering the connection information in the location server.

7. The method of claim 6, the connection information further comprising connection priority information for the plurality of connectable networks.