Patent ID: 7089323
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for disseminating a message to nodes of a multicast group, the multicast group being organized into a tree-structured hierarchy, the method comprising: transmitting the multicast message from a node of the multicast group to a plurality of other nodes of the multicast group, wherein each node has an identification number that is an integer; transmitting, along with the multicast message: wherein the transmitting step comprises transmitting, to a receiving node, a tag comprising a first identification number of a node that represents a boundary of the receiving node's area of responsibility, the identification number being usable to route messages to the node, the area of responsibility being the range of nodes to which the receiving node is responsible for further disseminating the message, and a second identification number of a node that represents a boundary of the area of responsibility of an additional node, other than the receiving node, the area of responsibility being the range of nodes to which the additional node is responsible for further disseminating the message.