Location aware mass information distribution system and method
US9357001B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1089
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, node and method for location aware mass information distribution to peers. The method includes overlaying a distributed hash table (DHT) network over an existing physical communication network to which the peers are connected, wherein the DHT network is a peer to peer (P2P) network; providing at least one application layer multicast (ALM) protocol over the overlayed DHT network to form an ALM tree topology for the peers, wherein the ALM tree topology is based on location information of the peers; using the ALM tree topology for establishing logical connections within a group, between a leader of the group and peers of the group; and using the overlayed DHT network for establishing connections, between the leader and the peers, to be followed by a message to be distributed to the peers.
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