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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Zheng Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhichen Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zheng Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhichen Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for creating expressway for overlay routing, an existing peer-to-peer network is organized into a plurality of zones. The plurality of zones is organized into a plurality of levels. Neighboring zones are identified for each zone of the plurality of zones. One or more representatives are identified for each neighboring zone. A routing table is created based the plurality of zones, the neighboring zones, the one or more representatives, and the plurality of levels.