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System and method for creating a preferential ad-hoc network

  • US 8,948,144 B1
  • Filed: 12/27/2005
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying at least one participating node for an ad-hoc network from a plurality of peer nodes in a peer-to-peer network using the peer-to-peer network;

    providing a request from an initiating peer node for participants for the ad-hoc network to the plurality of peer nodes using the peer-to-peer network, the request including content information describing content stored on the initiating peer node; and

    establishing the ad-hoc network with the at least one participating node, the ad-hoc network being logically separate from the peer-to-peer network, wherein the at least one participating node decides whether to join the ad-hoc network based on the content information.

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