Patent ID: 9307020
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for the dispersal and retrieval of fragments in a peer-to-peer data backup and archival network, the method comprising: partitioning a file into multiple, different fragments for storage in a peer-to-peer data backup and archival network; selecting different peer hosts in the peer-to-peer data backup and archival network to store different ones of the fragments; storing each of the fragments in at least one of the selected different peer hosts; and, broadcasting, at a periodic interval, a request to confirm an integrity of the fragments stored in the different peer hosts, the request being broadcast to the selected different peer hosts that have been selected to store different ones of the fragments, from an unselected one of the different peer hosts that has not been selected to store different ones of the fragments.