Distributed routing table interface
US8977686B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Application programming interface (API) for starting and accessing distributed routing table (DRT) functionality. The API facilitates bootstrapping into the DRT by one or more devices of a group of devices (a mesh) seeking to collaborate over a serverless connection, establishing a node of the DRT, where each node is an instance of an application that is participating in the mesh, and node participation by allowing the application to search for keys published by other nodes in the mesh, or by becoming part of the mesh by publishing a key. The API facilitates optimization of the routing table for quickly finding a root of a specific key in the mesh by finding the key directly in a cache or by asking a root node of the key that is in the local routing table that is closest numerically to the key being searched.
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