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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Stefan Kubsch, Hohnhorst, DE;
Meinolf Blawat, Hannover, DE;
Wolfgang Klausberger, Hannover, DE;
Axel Kochale, Springe, DE;
Marco Winter, Hannover, DE;
Stefan Kubsch, Hohnhorst, DE;
Meinolf Blawat, Hannover, DE;
Wolfgang Klausberger, Hannover, DE;
Axel Kochale, Springe, DE;
Marco Winter, Hannover, DE;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Networks may be implemented using peer-to-peer technology. A plurality of peers may form a peer-group, having a unique group label. To relieve the user from administrative tasks, some configuration routines for such networks may be automated. A peer-group may select one of its peers as negotiation peer, having the task to communicate with other peers, e.g. negotiation peers from other peer-groups. When merging or splitting peer-groups, the group label is usually modified. But it may be advantageous to keep the group label. If a new peer-group in a peer-to-peer network is created by merging or splitting of peer-groups, a method for selecting a group label for the new peer-group comprises determining a negotiation peer, exchanging information between the negotiation peers in the case of merging, comparing features of the two peer-groups and assigning the label of one of the peer-groups to the new peer-group.