Patent · US Active

Method for assigning an identifier to a peer-group in a peer-to-peer network

US7991855B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

Stefan Kubsch · Hohnhorst, DE
Meinolf Blawat · Hannover, DE
Wolfgang Klausberger · Hannover, DE
Axel Kochale · Springe, DE
Marco Winter · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2004
Grant date	Aug 2, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/329
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Networks may be implemented using peer-to-peer technology. A plurality of peers may form a peer-group, having a unique group label. To relieve the user from administrative tasks, some configuration routines for such networks may be automated. A peer-group may select one of its peers as negotiation peer, having the task to communicate with other peers, e.g. negotiation peers from other peer-groups. When merging or splitting peer-groups, the group label is usually modified. But it may be advantageous to keep the group label. If a new peer-group in a peer-to-peer network is created by merging or splitting of peer-groups, a method for selecting a group label for the new peer-group comprises determining a negotiation peer, exchanging information between the negotiation peers in the case of merging, comparing features of the two peer-groups and assigning the label of one of the peer-groups to the new peer-group.

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