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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Timothy R. Chavez, Austin, TX (US);
Christina K. Lauridsen, Austin, TX (US);
Sushma B. Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Robert R. Peterson, Austin, TX (US);
Loulwa F. Salem, Austin, TX (US);
Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy R. Chavez, Austin, TX (US);
Christina K. Lauridsen, Austin, TX (US);
Sushma B. Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Robert R. Peterson, Austin, TX (US);
Loulwa F. Salem, Austin, TX (US);
Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A peer-to-peer file sharing client with background file sharing is provided in a segmented peer-to-peer file sharing network. A user may elect to 'tag' a torrent when a new file is submitted to the peer-to-peer system. A user may view the various tags with one or more file fragments that the user is hosting in the background. The user may view the tags for all fragments being shared in the background and search the tags. The peer-to-peer system may store metadata tags for the torrents in a central repository, such as a relational database, or in a distributed hash table.