Method and system of administrating a peer-to-peer file sharing network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8924460
APP PUB NO 20100161752A1
SERIAL NO

12640434

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A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for administering a peer-to-peer file sharing computer network. The method includes: maintaining a reference associating a particular shared file with a seeder in a community of peers and a number of seeders in the community; and registering a second peer as a second seeder of the particular shared file, if a first seeder in the community of peers has informed the peers of a termination of the availability of a file seeding of the particular shared file. The system includes means for performing the steps of the method. The computer program product includes computer program instructions for carrying out the steps of the method.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Collet, Jean-Luc La Gaude, FR 48 740
Coulomb, Beatrice Cagnes sur Mer, FR 20 336
Drouet, Francois-Xavier La Gaude, FR 52 1371
Truntschka, Carole Saint-Laurent-du-Var, FR 52 1365

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