Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080201415
Filing Date: March 10, 2008
Inventors: Cormac E. Herley
Assignee(s): MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Current U.S. Classification: 709, 709/203000
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The system of Claim 26, wherein the access layer provide respective nodes with an initial number of serving credits and then adds credits for requests filled and removes credits for requests made, such that a node can only make a request if the node has a predetermined number of credits available.
#257BitTorrent
Applies to Claims 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,39,40
Submitted by: Charles BanasLast updated: over 4 years ago
Name/Title BitTorrent
System Type Application Program
Description
The BitTorrent protocol (designed and freely released in 2001) is a protocol in which clients connect to a server (called the tracker) which tracks the clients and forwards connection information among them.
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