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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Mandis S. Beigi, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Raymond B. Jennings, Iii, Ossining, NY (US);
Jason D. Lavoie, Mahopac, NY (US);
Mandis S. Beigi, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Raymond B. Jennings, III, Ossining, NY (US);
Jason D. Lavoie, Mahopac, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for improving data transfers in peer-to-peer networks includes receiving a search request message from a requesting node, where the search request message requests specific data. A responding node then sends a response message to the requesting node including a referral message comprising at least one referred node that is expected to have the requested data, based on knowledge of the referred node's previous incoming and outgoing data transfers. The responding node may also indicate that the responding node has the requested data. In addition to increasing the requesting node's view of the peer-to-peer network, this also enables the identification of nodes (e.g., referred nodes) with which the requesting node may wish to establish direct peer-to-peer connections, e.g., to build peer-to-peer communities of nodes having similar interests.