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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
Anil Guntupalli, Waltham, MA (US);
Raul I. Aldrey, Brookline, MA (US);
Edwin Elberg, Woburn, MA (US);
Nosherwan Minwalla, Irving, TX (US);
Shadman Zafar, Coppell, TX (US);
Luis R. Blando, Woburn, MA (US);
Shafiq Kassam, Lewisville, TX (US);
Liwen Yang, Burlington, MA (US);
Aung Tun, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Diego J. Crespo, Boston, MA (US);
Anil Guntupalli, Waltham, MA (US);
Raul I. Aldrey, Brookline, MA (US);
Edwin Elberg, Woburn, MA (US);
Nosherwan Minwalla, Irving, TX (US);
Shadman Zafar, Coppell, TX (US);
Luis R. Blando, Woburn, MA (US);
Shafiq Kassam, Lewisville, TX (US);
Liwen Yang, Burlington, MA (US);
Aung Tun, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Diego J. Crespo, Boston, MA (US);
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managed peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing. The peer nodes can include a web browser and a p2p agent. The web browser can connect to the Internet and can interface with the p2p agent. The p2p agent provides the file sharing utilities for implementing the p2p network. A web server connected to the Internet can monitor and manage p2p activity, including providing persistent storage for the p2p networks. The web server can interface with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to provide access to the p2p network for PSTN peer nodes that do not have web browsing capabilities. A method of implementing managed p2p file sharing includes registering users; providing login and logout functions; creating p2p sessions; preparing, forwarding, receiving, accepting and/or rejecting invitations to join p2p sessions; quitting p2p sessions; deleting p2p sessions or selected members of p2p sessions; and sharing and transferring files.