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Method and system for a hybrid peer-server communications structure

US6041343A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1996
Grant dateMar 21, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1091
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Server capacity is increased on a network computer system. A total number of peers that an individual client will communicate with directly is determined. Then, a total number of clients handled by a server interconnected to the individual client is reduced by the determined total number or peers.

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