Distributed storage on a P2P network architecture
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorYevgeniy Eugene Shteyn
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Abstract
An electronic content delivery system uses a network of end-user devices around a hub. Each end-user device has storage capability. Content is stored in a distributed fashion on the network of these end-user devices for being made available to individual ones of these devices in a P2P fashion so as to cut download time and reduce transmission errors.
Claims8
A method of enabling multiple end-users to receive content information, the method comprising:
- supplying the content information to a hub;
- and
- using a peer-to-peer network of respective devices residing at respective ones of the end-users and connected to the hub for distributed storage of the content information on the network under control of the hub.
A device for use in a method of enabling multiple end-users to receive content information, wherein:
- the method comprises:
- supplying of the content information to a hub;
- and
- using a peer-to-peer network of devices residing at the end-users connected to the hub for distributed storage of the content information on the network under control of the hub;
- and
- the device comprises:
- a storage for storing at least part of the content information;
- and
- a controller for providing, to a party different from any from the end-users, remote control of the device for supplying the stored content information to the network.
A consumer electronics device comprising a storage for storing content information from a network and for supplying the content information to the network, and comprising a control module for remote control of the storing and supplying.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.