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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Zhichen Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mallik Mahalingam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Magnus Karlsson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhichen Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mallik Mahalingam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Magnus Karlsson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for an auxiliary network for a peer-to-peer overlay network using landmark numbering. Using information available through the auxiliary network, expressway connections are established amongst expressway nodes and ordinary connections are established between ordinary and expressway nodes. The connections established is unconstrained and arbitrary. After the connections are established, efficient routing of information may take place.