Patent ID: 7783762
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for broadcasting information in a network of user nodes, said method comprising the steps of: sending a first join announcement from a first user node directly to a publish-subscribe server node for publication from the publish-subscribe server node to a first plurality of the user nodes of the network to solicit direct peer-to-peer connections from those user nodes; after the step of sending the first join announcement, initiating, by the first user node, direct peer-to-peer connections between the first user node and some of the user nodes of the network that received the first join announcement via publication from the publish-subscribe server node; after the initiating step, receiving, at the first user node via publication from the publish-subscribe server node, other join announcements from new user nodes soliciting direct peer-to-peer connections from the first user node; receiving, at the first user node from other user nodes of the network through direct peer-to-peer connections, a first plurality of resource requests; sending some of the resource requests of the first plurality of resource requests from the first user node to other user nodes of the network, and sending others of the resource requests of the first plurality of resource requests from the first user node to the publish-subscribe server node for publication to at least some of the user nodes of the network; and receiving, at the first user node via publication from the publish-subscribe server node, a second plurality of resource requests.