Method for improving peer to peer network communication

• US 20050163135A1
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kroll Information Assurance LLC
• Original Assignee: Tiversa, Inc. (Tiversa Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Hopkins, Samuel P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,583,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/042 comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/107 with limitation or expansion of the discovery scope
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1093 Some peer nodes performing special functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improvement-node used for deployment on a peer to peer network. The improvement-node is programmed for monitoring the network to receive communication messages there from and to forward said communication messages, optionally changing the communications radius parameters to an optimal or near optimal value. The improvement-node can forward messages from one network to another or from one network to the same network. The invention also provides a method for monitoring communication messages for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method includes interposing the improvement-node on the network. The improvement-node has at least one stored object corresponding to a communication message object stored at said improvement-node; and monitors the network to detect communication messages matching at least one of the stored objects and decides whether or not to forward or change communication message radius parameters based on some defined programming or configuration.

Claims

1. A method for improving peer to peer network communications, said method comprising the step of:

interposing at least one improvement-node on a peer to peer network, wherein said improvement-node accepts communication messages from the network, and, prior to forwarding said communication to the same network, sets any communication message radius parameters of said message to an optimal or near optimal value; and

forwards said message onto the same network

2. A method for improving peer to peer network communications, said method comprising the step of:

interposing at least one improvement-node on a peer to peer network, said improvement-node accepts communication messages from said network, and compares it to a set of criteria to either drop or forward said communication message, and, thereafter forwarding or dropping said communication message based on said comparison.

3. A method as set forth in claim 2, wherein said improvement-node sets the communication radius parameter of said message to an optimal or near optimal value.

4. A method as set forth in claim 2 wherein dropping or forwarding of communication messages is based on protecting the property of others.

5. A method for improving peer to peer network communications, said method comprising the step of:

interposing at least one improvement-node on a peer to peer network, said improvement-node connects to a first network and connects a second time to a different peer to peer network, and said improvement-node accepting a communication message from one network and forwarding it onto another network, optionally setting the communication radius parameters to an optimal or near optimal value.

6. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein said improvement-node sets the communication radius parameters of said message to an optimal or near optimal value.

7. A method for improving peer to peer network communications, said method comprising the steps of:

interposing at least one improvement-node on a peer to peer network, and said improvement-node connects to a first network and connects a second time to a different peer to peer network, said improvement-node accepts communication messages from one network and comparing it to a set of criteria and either drops or forwards the communication message.

8. A method as set forth in claim 7,

9. A method as set forth in claim 8 wherein said dropping or forwarding said communication messages is for the protection of the property of others.

10. A method for improving peer to peer network communications, said method comprising the step of:

interposing at least one improvement-node on a peer to peer network;

wherein said improvement-node accepts communication messages from said network, and creates new communication messages with the same information and a new identification information to replace that in the accepted messages, and wherein said improvement-node forwards said new communication messages onto the said network and receives responses to said new communication message, and forwards said responses to new communication message to the original node that forwarded the accepted message.

11. A method for improving peer to peer network communications, said method comprising the step of:

interposing at least one improvement-node on a peer to peer network;

wherein said node connects to a second peer to peer network and accepts communication messages from first said network; and

wherein said improvement-node creates new communication messages with the same information and new identification information to replace that in accepted messages and wherein said improvement-node forwards said new communication messages onto said second network;

said improvement-node receives responses to said new communication message and responses to new communication message to the original node of the first said network.

12. A method as set forth in claim 11 wherein said improvement-node hides the identity of the original node.

13. An improvement-node for deployment on a peer to peer network, said improvement-node including means to monitor said network to receive communication messages and to forward communication messages.

14. An improvement-node for deployment on a peer to peer network, said improvement-node including means to monitor said network to receive communication messages and to change communication message radius parameters a different value and to forward said communication messages.

15. An improvement-node as set forth in claim 14 wherein said different value is an optimal or near optimal value.

16. An improvement-node for deployment on a peer to peer network, said improvement-node including means for monitoring said network to receive communication messages, to replace address information and to forward communication messages on behalf of the original node and to receive response communication messages and to forward said response communication messages to the original node.

17. A method as set forth in claim 16 wherein said improvement-node hides the identity of the original node.