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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
John Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Aamer Hydrie, Redmond, WA (US);
Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);
Armando Garcia-mendoza, Cambridge, GB;
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez Rodriguez, Cambridge, GB;
Rebecca C. Weiss, Redmond, WA (US);
John Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Aamer Hydrie, Redmond, WA (US);
Anders E. Klemets, Redmond, WA (US);
Armando Garcia-Mendoza, Cambridge, GB;
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez Rodriguez, Cambridge, GB;
Rebecca C. Weiss, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Publishing content using a peer-to-peer content distribution system is described. A publisher is required to request authorization to publish from an authorization body. Resources such as tracker and seed nodes are allocated in a peer-to-peer content distribution system and pre-processing of content to be published is carried out. For example, a content description is generated for each item of content as well as a set of checksums or other items for validating blocks of content. Publication can be terminated in a variety of different ways. For example, by using expiry methods, by active revocation of publishers, authorization bodies, or individual items of content.