Peer-to-peer content popularity

• US 20030005035A1
• Filed: 06/04/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Company (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Rodgers, Peter James
• Application Number:
  US10/160,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20030005035A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The invention concerns the provision of a peer-to-peer content popularity service and particularly to a server, methods and computer program products for providing such a service. A server 30 is provided on a peer-to-peer network. The server 30 is arranged to receive data from supplying client nodes 10,20 concerning search requests received at the supplying client nodes 10, 20 and to aggregate material from the received data to obtain popularity information and to offer popularity information regarding such popular search requests to requesting clients 10,20.

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