Distributed network query
US7747757B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of identifying a plurality of nodes on a network, includes receiving at at least one of the plurality of nodes on the network a query posed by a caller node determining at the at least one of the plurality of nodes on the network an answer to the query, forwarding the answer to the query from the at least one of the plurality of nodes on the network to the caller node and receiving, at the caller node, the answer to the query from the at least one of the plurality of nodes on the network and maintaining a list of nodes which responded to the query.
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