Patent ID: 8521876
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a peer-to-peer network including a plurality of clients and a server, each of the clients having a unique client address, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, from the server at a first client of the plurality of clients, a first unique seed list comprising a first portion of a list of connected client addresses generated by the server; receiving, from the server at a second client of the plurality of clients, a second unique seed list comprising a second portion of the list of connected client addresses, the first unique seed list including a second client address corresponding to the second client and the second unique seed list including a third client address corresponding to a third of the clients; sending a search request from the first client to at least the second client by utilizing the first unique seed list; and sending the search request from the second client to at least the third client by utilizing the second unique seed list.