Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080201415
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | A system and method for providing rendezvous nodes in a peer-to-peer networking environment is described. Rendezvous nodes preferably cache information about network resources that may be useful to peer nodes on a peer-to-peer network. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20020184357 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Traversat, Bernard A.; Gong, Li; Abdelaziz, Mohamed M.; Duigou, Michael J.; Pouyoul, Eric; Hugly, Jean-Christophe; Joy, William N.; Clary, Michael J. |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | [0079], [0102], [0116] |
| URL | |
| Filing Date | January 22, 2002 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt [0079] discloses a service and an application layer equivalent to 'an access layer': FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of peer-to-peer platform software architecture at the conceptual level. The peer-to-peer platform may include several layers. In one embodiment, the software stack may be described using three layers; a peer-to-peer platform (core) layer 120, a service layer 140 and an application layer 150. .....
[0102] The peer-to-peer platform preferably provides a decentralized environment that minimizes single points of failure and is not dependent on any centralized services.
[0116]The term rendezvous peer may be used to designate a peer that is designated to be a rendezvous point for discovering information about other peers, peer groups, services and pipes. Rendezvous peers preferably cache information that may be useful to peers including new peers.
The application layer 140 may support the implementation of integrated applications such as file sharing, resource sharing, monetary systems, distributed storage, peer-to-peer instant messaging, entertainment, content management and delivery, peer-to-peer email systems, distributed auction systems, among others. |
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[0116] discloses a rendezvous peer equivalent to the bulletin board.
[0079] discloses a service and an application layer embodying 'an access layer'.
[0116] discloses a rendezvous peer equivalent to the bulletin board.
[0079] discloses a service and an application layer embodying 'an access layer'.
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[0116] discloses a rendezvous peer equivalent to the bulletin board.
[0079] discloses a service and an application layer embodying 'an access layer'.
[0116] discloses a rendezvous peer equivalent to the bulletin board.
[0079] discloses a service and an application layer embodying 'an access layer'.
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