Managed peer name resolution protocol (PNRP) interfaces for peer to peer networking
US7496648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The managed system and methods of the present invention are segmented into 3 main areas: Clouds, Registrations, and Resolvers. The cloud object provides information about the clouds that are available. If a could is available, the Registration object can be used to register endpoints with the P2P name resolution protocol. Finally, if an application developer wishes to resolve a peer name to an IP address, they simply use the resolver object. The clouds may be monitored for state changes in one embodiment of the present invention through a CloudWatcher object.
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