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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Don Bowman, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Don Bowman, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Sandvine Incorporated ULC, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention disclosed is a path optimizer for Peer to Peer (P2P) networks. Large amounts of P2P file exchanges increase the costs to maintain a network. Network service providers typically pay for the amount of data they exchange with other network service providers. The present invention examines P2P messages between and within networks and provides a cost efficient path to handle each P2P message.