Patent ID: 7961741
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of disseminating information from a central location to nodes in a network, comprising: selecting a node in the network as a seed node and transferring the information to the seed node for storage therein; sending a notification message from the central location to non-seed nodes in the network, informing them of the availability of said information for download from one or more seed nodes; from each non-seed node in the network that is to receive the information, sending an information transfer request to an established number of neighbor nodes; in the event the information is not located at one of said neighbor nodes in response to the transfer request sent to the established number of neighbor nodes after a defined wait interval, sending an information transfer request to a successively increasing number of neighbor nodes, until either the information is located at a neighbor node or a search threshold is reached; and in the event the information is located, downloading the information from a neighbor node.