Method and device for exchanging data between mobile stations in a peer to peer network
US8086691B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3247
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In order to share digital data in a peer to peer communication network, a partial version of the data is firstly transmitted to destination stations, and: a collection of data is created in which an identifier is associated with each data item and to each data identifier there is allocated a label indicating whether the complete version of the data item is available on the network; the existence of the collection is notified to at least one destination station; and, on the reception of information on availability on the network of the complete versions of the data of the collection: the collection is updated; and the updating of the shared collection is notified to the destination station or stations.
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