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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2006
Mark L. Tucker, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeremy Bruestle, Seattle, WA (US);
Riley Eller, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Retford, Seattle, WA (US);
Choong NG, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark L. Tucker, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeremy Bruestle, Seattle, WA (US);
Riley Eller, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Retford, Seattle, WA (US);
Choong Ng, Seattle, WA (US);
CoCo Communications Corp., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A facility for publishing information in a distributed network without a central management infrastructure is described. In various embodiments, the facility receives an indication of a new node and a destination node, the new node omitted from a contact list associated with the destination node, the contact list having an approximately logarithmic distribution of neighboring nodes; introduces the new node to the destination node via a permanent circuit; and causes the destination node to add the new node to the contact list when adding the new node improves the logarithmic distribution of neighboring nodes.