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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110219137 | PEER-TO-PEER LIVE CONTENT DELIVERY A peer-to-peer live content delivery system and method enables peer-to-peer sharing of live content such as, for example, streaming video or audio. Nodes receive broadcasts of available data from neighboring nodes and determine which data blocks to request. Nodes receiv... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110219123 | NETWORK FIREWALL AND NAT TRAVERSAL FOR TCP AND RELATED PROTOCOLS A message passing protocol allows two clients to establish a connection even when the clients are behind different NAT devices such as NAT firewalls. Beneficially, the protocol does not require that either client has knowledge of where the other client is located (e.g.,... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110219114 | POD-BASED SERVER BACKEND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEER-ASSISTED APPLICATIONS A backend server for a peer-to-peer network manages nodes according to a pod-based management scheme. Each pod comprises a plurality of nodes and only nodes within the same pod can directly share data in the peer-to-peer network. The server dynamically allocates nodes t... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110219072 | NETWORK MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT FOR PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING A network membership management protocol manages membership in a peer-to-peer networking environment. To join the peer-to-peer network, a new client is introduces itself to a deputy node assigned by the server to act as a point of contact for the new client. The deputy ... | 09/08/2011 |