System and method for a peer-to-peer streaming content operation by a browser plug-in
Assignee1000 Oaks Hu Lian Technology Development Co., Ltd.
InventorsHan Fang, Xiangyang Chen, Xin Yu
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Abstract
A method, computer-readable medium and system for configuring a network client as a peer client in a peer-to-peer network is provided. A network client connects with a network node and obtains a data structure that includes plug-in code from the network node. The network clients installs a plug-in from the plug-in code. The plug-in connects with a control server of the peer-to-peer network and receives connectivity information of one or more nodes of the peer-to-peer network. The plug-in connects with at least one of the one or more nodes.
Claims24
A method of configuring a network client as a peer client in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:
- connecting with a network node;
- obtaining a data structure that includes plug-in code;
- installing a plug-in from the plug-in code in the event the plug-in not installed;
- connecting, by the plug-in, with a control server of the peer-to-peer network;
- receiving connectivity information of one or more nodes of the peer-to-peer network;
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- connecting, by the plug-in, with at least one of the one or more nodes.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system, the computer-executable instructions for facilitating streaming content operation in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:
- instructions that connect with a network node;
- instructions that obtain a data structure that includes plug-in code from the network node;
- instructions that install a plug-in from the plug-in code in the event the plug-in is not installed;
- instructions that connect, by the plug-in, with a control server of the peer-to-peer network;
- instructions that receive connectivity information of one or more nodes of the peer-to-peer network;
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- instructions that connect with at least one of the one or more nodes.
A data processing system for distributing and processing streaming content in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:
- a memory that contains a set of instructions;
- a network adapter that interfaces with a communications medium;
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- a processing unit that, responsive to execution of the sets of instructions, connects the data processing system with a network node, downloads a data structure from the network node, installs a plug-in from code in the data structure in the event the plug-in is not installed, and, in response to invocation of the plug-in, connects with a peer-to-peer network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.