Patent ID: 7797732
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing one or more objects to members of a system for a plurality of users to share resources, said method comprising the following steps: establishing a network of computing devices used by two or more users wherein each of said users possesses a unique network identifier and wherein each unique identifier can be related to each other unique identifier based on a criterion, wherein said criterion is related to a degree of separation between one user and another, the degree of separation representative of the number of pre-existing relationships of trust which link one user and another, as defined by said users; providing one or more trusted servers connected to said network wherein said computing devices can exchange processed data packets with said one or more trusted servers; establishing a list of unique network identifiers corresponding to interested users and a folder location on said computing devices of said interested users designated to receive said one or more objects, said list located on said trusted servers, wherein said interested users are users who wish to receive said one or more objects; communicating said one or more objects' location to said interested users via said one or more trusted servers; and providing said interested users access to said one or more objects via a proxy connection to a proxy server, said proxy connection being established by said one or more trusted servers upon request from the one or more interested users.