Patent ID: 8908565
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for disseminating information in a network, comprising: selecting a destination node from a set of neighboring nodes using a gossip-based protocol, each neighboring node in the set being associated with a selection weight; transmitting a message to the selected destination node; receiving a feedback response from the selected destination node, the feedback response including a score related to a level of usefulness of the message to the selected destination node; and adjusting the selection weight of the selected destination node based on the feedback response, wherein the selection weight associated with each neighboring node in the set is related to a probability of selecting each neighboring node in the set as the destination node using the gossip-based protocol, wherein the selection weight associated with each neighboring node is normalized by a sum of the selection weights associated with each neighboring node in the set.