Patent ID: 7275102
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A peer computing system, comprising: a plurality of peer nodes configured to implement a peer-to-peer environment on a network according to a peer-to-peer platform; wherein at least a subset of the plurality of peer nodes is configured to participate in an area of interest to find and exchange codats relevant to the area of interest, wherein a codat is computer-representable content or data; and wherein the at least a subset of the plurality of peer nodes is further configured to participate in a distributed trust mechanism to establish and maintain trust relationships among the at least a subset of the plurality of peer nodes in the area of interest from trust evaluations of codat exchange among the at least a subset of the plurality of peer nodes in the area of interest; wherein, to participate in the distributed trust mechanism, each peer node in the at least a subset of the plurality of peer nodes is configured to: