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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
Victor Souza, Solna, SE;
Tereza Carvalho, Sao Paulo, BR;
Ayodele Damola, Solna, SE;
Diego Gallo, São Paulo, BR;
Victor Souza, Solna, SE;
Tereza Carvalho, Sao Paulo, BR;
Ayodele Damola, Solna, SE;
Diego Gallo, São Paulo, BR;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to nodes and methods for use in connection with a peer-to-peer network for sharing of data content. A priority mechanism is introduced by means of which a serving peer may select which requesting peers to serve based on their need for data content in terms of the degree of urgency. A requesting peer may include an urgency indicator in a request for data content, which for instance may be the amount of buffered data available for playback in a video buffer. The serving peer may then extract the urgency indicator from the request and apply a priority mechanism which uses the urgency indicator to select which peers to upload data content to.