US Patent 7376749 Heuristics-based peer to peer message routing

Patent 7376749 was granted and assigned to Sandvine on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Sandvine

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

73767490

Date of Patent

May 20, 2008

Patent Application Number

102166760

Date Filed

August 12, 2002

Patent Primary Examiner

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Thu Ha Nguyen

Patent abstract

The present invention is directed to a system and method for administering Peer to Peer (P2P) query messages within a P2P network. The present invention collects a plurality of metrics for each host that it is aware of in a P2P network, most often by a host information or query hit message. The metrics collected aid in determining a set of P2P hosts best able to fulfill a query message, without having knowledge of specific content. The metrics collected also aid in managing query messages in that they determine when to drop query messages or when to resend query messages.