US 2009/0214018 A1 · Distributed identifier management

Abstract

An overlay network of volatile nodes, without centralized servers, using DHT-like search algorithms, is programmed to perform One-Number or One-ID services. A user's public number is either the PSTN or PLMN line that is connected to an overlay node, or a voice (or video) over IP number, which is serviced through the overlay. An overlay node is connected to the Internet, and may connect to a PSTN or PLMN phone line as well. The phone numbers allowed in the One-Number service is generally defined. The One-ID service architecture is based on user-proxy, and does not require social networking other one-ID protocols such as OpenID and protocols suites drafted by OASIS. The user-ID of such a One-ID service is not required to be globally unique while a mapping is used to transform a user-defined non-globally unique ID into a site-specific and site-unique ID.

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Dependent claims

A method to offer One-Number service with a peer-to-peer network, comprising:

a plurality of volatile peer nodes called grassnodes, forming an overlay network;
a plurality of public phone numbers called PNs, one for each subscriber;
a plurality of registered phone number, one set for each subscriber of said service;
wherein each said nodes may attach to or detach from said overlay in an unpredictable manner;
each said phone number is associated with a device;
said public numbers and registered phone numbers are stored in a distributed database hosted in a plurality of peer nodes;
and searching for the locations of such devices associated with said phone numbers are conducted through a DHT-based algorithm.

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