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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Unify Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Christoph Gerdes, Munich, DE;

Vivian Prinz, Munich, DE;

Alan Southall, Walldorf, DE;

Assignee:

Unify GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 67/1059 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/1072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for providing a service containing facilities in a peer-to-peer network comprising peer devices is provided. The peer devices may be associated with groups, each group being defined by a pre-determined facility. The pre-determined facility may be executed by each peer device associated with a respective group, and a selected peer device of a group executes the respective facility. A sequence of facilities and specifications to be executed is publicized in the peer-to-peer network, on the peer devices executing the respective facility by a peer device requesting the combined service, and the selection of the selected peer devices is carried out according to the publicized sequence and the publicized specifications.


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