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Personal digital server (PDS)

  • US 9,667,717 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2014
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method for a first user'"'"'s computer, designated the requestor computer, to find content among a plurality of computers of users and a central server computer responsible for authorizing the users to participate in a peer-to-peer sharing service accessible to the plurality of computers, comprising:

  • automatically with the requestor computer;

    (a) requesting the content from each of the plurality of computers using a respective first IP address to communicate with each of the plurality of computers;

    (b) requesting, from each computer with which the requestor is able to establish communications, an updated IP address for a computer for which the requestor computer is unable to establish communication using that computer'"'"'s first IP address;

    (c) using the updated IP address received from at least one of the computers to request the content from the computer for which the requestor computer is unable to establish communication using the computer'"'"'s first IP address; and

    then(d) if and only if the content is not found on any of the plurality of computers, requesting the content from the central server computer; and

    (e) responding to a request from one of the plurality of computers for additional content.

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