Patent ID: 9497181
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for use within a hybrid peer-to-peer network comprising: logging, by a first endpoint, into the network by presenting unique user authentication information by the first endpoint to the network, wherein the login associates the first endpoint with the unique user authentication information required for authentication with the network; determining, by the first endpoint, that a second endpoint is currently logged into the network using the same unique user authentication information as the first endpoint and a third endpoint is logged into the network using unique user authentication information different from the unique user authentication information of the first endpoint, wherein the first endpoint is visible to the third endpoint and the second endpoint is not visible to the third endpoint after the first endpoint has logged into the network; receiving, by the first endpoint, a request for a communication session directly from the third endpoint; determining, by the first endpoint, that the communication session should involve the second endpoint; applying, by the first endpoint, a policy to involve the second endpoint in the communication session; setting, by the first endpoint, a status of the first endpoint as an active master endpoint corresponding to the unique user authentication information; and sending, by the first endpoint, a message to the second endpoint instructing the second endpoint to change the second endpoint's status to a slave status.