Patent ID: 7813302
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data distributing method of a peer-to-peer type for communicating information among a plurality of peers which are mutually connected through a network, in which each of said peers comprises: a group information forming step wherein when connection of a new peer is received by a group information forming unit, group information in which the new peer has been grouped is formed on the basis of comparison of distances on the network among three peers of the own peer, a representative peer of an existing group, and the new peer; a data transmitting step wherein when data is transmitted from the own peer by a data transmitting unit, path information in which destination information of each group which has been grouped on the basis of said group information and the own peer have been registered is formed and said destination information, said path information, and the data are transmitted as distribution information to the representative peer of each group; and a data relaying step wherein when distribution information is received from another peer by a data relay unit, if the own peer is included in the destination information, the received data is fetched and the own peer is deleted from the destination information, thereafter, distribution information in which the destination information of each group which has been grouped on the basis of said group information and the own peer have been registered is formed, and said destination information, said path information, and the received data are transmitted as distribution information to the representative peer of each group.