Patent ID: 9325787
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor, wherein the apparatus is configured for provisioning in a first network in a system of not fully meshed networks, the apparatus being configured to: receive a distributed hash table (DHT) data transfer message from a sending network, wherein the DHT data transfer message is a GET message and the GET message includes a GET path that points back to a network of origination for the GET message; and receive a second data transfer message, wherein the second data transfer message is a PUT message, wherein the PUT message includes a pointer identifying a home DHT where content is stored and not the content itself and a PUT path that points back to a network of origination for the PUT message, wherein an identification of a network receiving the PUT message is added to the PUT message such that the PUT message includes a changeable network path from a receiving network to a network where content associated with the PUT message is stored.