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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Wilburt Juan Labio, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giao Thanh Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Winston Wencheng Liu, Moreno Valley, CA (US);
Gurmeet Singh Manku, Stanford, CA (US);
Wilburt Juan Labio, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giao Thanh Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Winston Wencheng Liu, Moreno Valley, CA (US);
Gurmeet Singh Manku, Stanford, CA (US);
Napster, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for intelligently directing a search of a peer-to-peer network, in which a user performing a search is assisted in choosing a host which is likely to return fast, favorable results to the user. A host monitor monitors the peer-to-peer network and collects data on various characteristics of the hosts which make up the network. Thereafter, a host selector ranks the hosts using the data, and passes this information to the user. The user then selects one or more of the highly-ranked hosts as an entry point into the network. Additionally, a cache may collect a list of hosts based on the content on the hosts. In this way, a user may choose to connect to a host which is known to contain information relevant to the user's search. The host selector may be used to select from among the hosts listed in the cache.