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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Charles L. Vigue, Lapine, OR (US);
Martin Fallenstedt, Beaverton, OR (US);
Daniel Melchione, Beaverton, OR (US);
Victor Kouznetsov, Aloha, OR (US);
Charles L. Vigue, Lapine, OR (US);
Martin Fallenstedt, Beaverton, OR (US);
Daniel Melchione, Beaverton, OR (US);
Victor Kouznetsov, Aloha, OR (US);
Networks Associates Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for distributed function discovery with third party responses in a peer-to-peer network to facilitate efficient use of bandwidth and resources are disclosed. The method for facilitating distributed function discovery in a peer-to-peer network generally comprises receiving a broadcast request for a service function from a peer client at a peer server, locating information regarding a location remote to the peer server having the requested service function using a stored list of service functions locally stored at the peer server, and responding to the peer client with a response containing the location remote to the peer server if information on the requested service function is located.