Collaborative content coherence using mobile agents in peer-to-peer networks
US7328243B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile agent may be provided for collaborative content control in peer-to-peer networks. A peer may launch a mobile agent including an itinerary of peers to be visited and indications of one or more documents that the peers are collaboratively editing. The mobile agent may visit peers indicated by the itinerary to collect version information for the document(s). The mobile agent may return the version information to the initiating peer, which may coordinate each of the document(s) on the peer to a most recent version in accordance with the version information provided by the mobile agent. Visited peers may use the payload to determine if their version of the document(s) are up to date and, if not, may add a version update request to the payload. The initiating peer may send the most recent version information to peers that added version update requests to the payload.
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