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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Jitendra D. Padhye, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad Agarwal, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Charles John Butcher, Seattle, WA (US);
Youngki Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jitendra D. Padhye, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad Agarwal, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Charles John Butcher, Seattle, WA (US);
Youngki Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates connectivity within a peer-to-peer networking environment. A client can transmit a request to connect with a host for peer-to-peer networking. A server can generate a list that includes at least one host that matches the request from the client. A predictor engine can reduce the list by at least one matched host based upon a predictor, wherein the predictor is at least one of an Internet Protocol history predictor, a prefix history predictor, or a geography predictor.