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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Frederick Robert Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Sreenivasa Rao Gorti, Austin, TX (US);
Jennifer Lynne Joy, Austin, TX (US);
Frederick Robert Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Sreenivasa Rao Gorti, Austin, TX (US);
Jennifer Lynne Joy, Austin, TX (US);
SBC Technology Resources, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of improving the reliability of peer-to-peer network downloads includes the steps of initiating a search from a client on a peer-to-peer network (). Next, a list of servers is downloaded that satisfies the search (). At least one of the servers is selected from the list of servers (). Next, one of a plurality of downloading systems is selected based on a predetermined criteria (). A file is downloaded using one of the plurality of downloading systems.