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Real-time collaboration and communication in a peer-to-peer networking infrastructure

US7454465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2004
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1046
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods that enable real-time communication and collaboration in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network are provided. More specifically, methods for the creation and access of an underlying graph and/or group structure to pass collaboration/real-time communication data and other functions such as the retrieval of node/member and graph/group information, the addition, modification, deletion and management of records (data), the direct communication between graph/group nodes/members, the registering for event notifications, and other functions are used to pass real-time communication/collaboration data between nodes in a graph or members of a group.

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