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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Bernard A. Traversat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory L. Slaughter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas E. Saulpaugh, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamed M. Abdelaziz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael J. Duigou, Fremont, CA (US);
Eric Pouyoul, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean-christophe Hugly, Palo Alto, CA (US);
LI Gong, Los Altos, CA (US);
William J. Yeager, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kuldipsingh Pabla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William N. Joy, Aspen, CO (US);
Michael J. Clary, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Bernard A. Traversat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory L. Slaughter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas E. Saulpaugh, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamed M. Abdelaziz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael J. Duigou, Fremont, CA (US);
Eric Pouyoul, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean-Christophe Hugly, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Li Gong, Los Altos, CA (US);
William J. Yeager, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kuldipsingh Pabla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William N. Joy, Aspen, CO (US);
Michael J. Clary, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing an open network computing platform designed for peer-to-peer computing. The peer-to-peer platform may provide protocols for peer-to-peer services and applications that allow peers to discover each other, communicate with each other, and cooperate with each other to form peer groups. The protocols may include a peer membership protocol, a peer discovery protocol, a peer resolver protocol, a peer information protocol, a pipe binding protocol, and a peer endpoint protocol. Services and applications that participate in the protocols may be provided to deal with higher-level concepts. Advertisements may be used to publish peer resources. The peer-to-peer platform provides the ability to replicate information toward end users and may enable peers to find content that is closest to them. The peer-to-peer protocols and unique peer identifiers may allow peer nodes to move to different locations and access services and other content independent of network physical addresses.