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System and method for sharing file portions between peers with different capabilities

  • US 9,654,532 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2013
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing media content, comprising:

  • at a server system including one or more processors and memory;

    obtaining information that enables distribution of content between clients operating as peers in a peer-to-peer network, the obtained information indicating respective locations in the peer-to-peer network at which file portions are stored, wherein;

    a first subset of the clients have first file format processing capabilities for processing content in a first file format;

    a second subset of the clients have second file format processing capabilities for processing content in a second file format different from the first file format; and

    the peer-to-peer network enables access to a first set of the file portions that includes file portions compatible with the first file format, and a second set of the file portions that includes file portions compatible with the second file format, wherein the second set of file portions includes one or more file portions that are different from the first set of file portions and the first set of the file portions and the second set of the file portions correspond to the same content;

    providing, to one or more clients of the first subset, a first part of the obtained information that enables the one or more clients of the first subset to obtain, from the second subset, the second set of the file portions; and

    providing, to one or more clients of the second subset, a second part of the obtained information that enables the one or more clients of the second subset to obtain, from the first subset, the first set of the file portions.

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