Patent ID: 7870186
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A contents receiving device for downloading contents from a contents providing server in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, the device comprising: a contents storage unit for storing contents; a contents table storage unit for storing a contents table including a list of contents stored in the contents storage unit and weight information for indicating a content user's preference on the respective contents; an agent table storage unit for storing an agent table including a list of agents sharing the weight information and preference deviation information on the contents for the respective agents, an agent table manager for updating preference deviation information of the agent table; and a contents receiving processor for referring to the agent table, selecting an agent having a least preference deviation from the list of agents, receiving contents having a greatest weight among a plurality of contents of the selected agent as a top priority from the contents providing server, and storing the received contents.