Patent ID: 8468250

Claim:
A method executed by a peer to peer network node for monitoring search requests for selected objects on a decentralized peer to peer network, the peer to peer network having at least two nodes, and providing a response to substantially all of such requesting nodes, said method comprising: connecting to the peer to peer network and providing at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID that is changeable upon the occurrence of a preselected event; monitoring the peer to peer network to detect a search request matching at least one search string stored at the peer to peer network node; acquiring a unique search ID associated with the detected search request, the unique search ID generated by a requesting peer to peer network node; responding to the requesting peer to peer network node with a plurality of search results matching the at least one search string from a plurality of other peer to peer network nodes; and filling a display window of the requesting peer to peer network node with the plurality of search results indicated as being from the plurality of other peer to peer network nodes that do not in reality exist on the peer to peer network.