Patent ID: 8150999
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A deposition method of use in a peer to peer network, the method comprising: storing at least a portion of a message intended by a depositor for an addressee in a depository peer; sending with the depository peer a notice of storage to at least one superpeer of a peer of the depositor; and sending with the at least one superpeer a notice of reception of the message to a peer of the addressee, the notice of reception indicating the depository peer; storing a plurality of portions of the message in respective peers of a plurality of depository peers; sending with the depository peer a plurality of notices of storage of the plurality of portions of the message to the at least one superpeer; and obtaining with the peer of the addressee at least the portion of the message from the depository peer; wherein the notice of reception includes a list of depository peers and respective identifiers of each of the plurality of portions of the message stored by the depository peers of the list.