Patent ID: 8255736
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A distributed hash table (DHT) overlay network which has a plurality of DHT nodes that form a peer-to-peer (P2P) system, where each DHT node has a complete distributed DHT hash table which contains information identifying a specific range of hashes for each of the DHT nodes such that when anyone of the DHT nodes receives a query asking for a specific key the queried DHT node interacts with their respective DHT table to determine which one of the DHT nodes stores the specific key and if the queried DHT node does not store the specific key then the queried DHT node forwards the query in one network hop to the particular DHT node that is storing the specific key, said DHT overlay network comprising: said DHT nodes for implementing a bootstrapping mechanism where when each DHT node boots for a first time then that booting DHT node broadcasts a message announcing the booting DHT node's capacity; and