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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2009
Stefano Previdi, Rome, IT;
Jining Tian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Luong, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Davie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stefano Previdi, Rome, IT;
Jining Tian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Luong, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Davie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A node in an overlay network requests a ranked list of other nodes in the overlay network that can provide a desired piece of content or service to the requesting node. A separate node such as a router generates the ranked list using a routing algorithm, returning the list to the requesting node so that the requesting node may acquire the desired content or service from the nearest node in the overlay network.