Invoking mutual anonymity by electing to become head of a return path
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1. A method of invoking mutual anonymity, said method comprising:
- determining whether to become a head of return path in response to receiving a request for information and based on a shortcut probability used to control a length of the return path;
electing to become the head of the return path;
receiving said information at said head of said return path; and
forwarding said information to a peer that transmitted said request.
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Abstract
In a method of invoking mutual anonymity, electing to become a head of a return path in response to receiving a request for information. The information is received at the head of the return path. The information is then forwarded to a peer that transmitted the request.
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45 Claims
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1. A method of invoking mutual anonymity, said method comprising:
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determining whether to become a head of return path in response to receiving a request for information and based on a shortcut probability used to control a length of the return path; electing to become the head of the return path; receiving said information at said head of said return path; and forwarding said information to a peer that transmitted said request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 45)
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12. A method of increasing privacy, said method comprising:
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forwarding a request for information among a plurality of peers; selecting multiple peers from said plurality of peers as heads of a return path based on a shortcut probability used to control a length of the return path, whereby the shortcut probability is varied based on whether an earlier peer has elected itself to become head of the return path; and forwarding said information to said multiple peers from another peer containing said information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for increasing privacy, said apparatus comprising:
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means for forwarding a request for information among a plurality of peers; means for selecting multiple peers from said plurality of peers as heads of a return path based on a shortcut probability used to control a length of the return path, whereby the shortcut probability is varied based on whether an earlier peer has elected itself to become head of the return path; and
means for forwarding said information to said multiple peers from another peer containing said information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for invoicing mutual anonymity, said system comprising:
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a network; a plurality of peers; and a peer privacy module configured to be stared and executed on each peer of said plurality of peers, wherein said peer privacy module is configured to forward a request for information among a plurality of peers through said network, to select multiple peer from said plurality of peers as heads of a return path based on a shortcut probability used to control a length of the return path, whereby the shortcut probability is varied based on whether an earlier peer has elected itself to become head of the return path, and to forward said information to said peer from another peer containing said information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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