Patent ID: 8386613

Claim:
A method executed by a peer to peer network node for monitoring search requests for selected objects initiated by another node on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes and removing responses from the network, said method comprising: monitoring the peer to peer network to detect a search request matching at least one object stored at the peer to peer network node; determining a unique message ID for the search request; replacing a search term within the search request with random characters to produce a modified search request; maintaining the unique message ID with the modified search request; not forwarding the search request to any other nodes of the peer to peer network; and forwarding only said modified search request with the unique message ID to other nodes of the peer to peer network to thereby frustrate subsequent search requests initiated by the another node for the selected object by causing said other nodes of the peer to peer network, that received said modified search request, to not respond to any subsequent search request having a unique message ID the same as the unique message ID of either the search request or the modified search request.