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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Thomas P. Chu, Englishtown, NJ (US);
Ramesh Nagarajan, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Thomas P. Chu, Englishtown, NJ (US);
Ramesh Nagarajan, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
WSOU Investments, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A capability is provided for supporting a service location capability in a peer-to-peer network (P2P), such as a Chord network or other P2P network. In one embodiment, a method for locating a service within a P2P network is provided. The P2P network includes a plurality of nodes, including a target node which performs the method for locating the service within the P2P network. The target node includes a search table including a plurality of entries identifying a respective plurality of nodes of the P2P network. The method includes detecting a request to search for the service within the P2P network and initiating, toward at least one of the nodes of the search table, a service search request. The service search request is a request to identify at least one node of the P2P network that supports the service. The service search request includes information indicative of the service and a search range for use by the node receiving the service search request.