Patent ID: 8037202
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A peer-to-peer network system, comprising: a plurality of peer nodes; an initiating peer node configured to launch a mobile agent in the peer-to-peer network, wherein the mobile agent includes an itinerary indicating a subset of the plurality of peer nodes to be visited by the mobile agent, wherein the initiating peer node and the subset of the plurality of peer nodes are member peer nodes in a group of peer nodes in the peer-to-peer network; wherein the mobile agent is configured to visit one or more of the subset of the plurality of peer nodes indicated by the itinerary and to provide indications of the one or more visited peer nodes to the initiating peer node; wherein the initiating peer node is further configured to update presence information indicating presence of member peer nodes in the group of peer nodes in accordance with the indications of the one or more visited peer nodes provided by the mobile agent; and wherein each of the subset of the plurality of peer nodes indicated by the itinerary is configured to: