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The system of Claim 26, wherein the access layer determines if the nodes are regularly checking in by computing a percentage based on a number of times checked in versus a number of times a node should have checked in, such that the nodes receive credits for properly checking in and lose credits for failing to check in.

#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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