Feature delivery packets for peer-to-peer based feature network
US8271586B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1065
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device communicates with feature peers, associated with a network, to obtain information associated with the feature peers, and receives a customer packet. The device also determines, based on the feature peer information, which of the feature peers support a feature associated with the customer packet, and selects, from the determined feature peers, a set of feature peers for the customer packet to traverse. The device further associates, with the customer packet, an additional packet used for delivering the feature associated with the customer packet, and forwards the customer packet and the additional packet to one of the feature peers in the selected set of feature peers.
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