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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Gregory L. Slaughter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas Saulpaugh, San Jose, CA (US);
John Muth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Marc P. Kwiatkowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory L. Slaughter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas Saulpaugh, San Jose, CA (US);
John Muth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Marc P. Kwiatkowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a system and method related to a topology and routing model for a peer-to-peer network are disclosed. A plurality of nodes may be coupled to each other to form a peer-to-peer network. A routing table may be created on each node in the peer-to-peer network. Each node may be operable to route messages to other nodes in the peer-to-peer network using information stored in the routing table. Messages may be propagated among nodes in the peer-to-peer network in a decentralized manner. For example, the peer-to-peer network may not utilize centralized servers of any kind. Each node in the peer-to-peer network may perform substantially the same routing functionality.