Method for Monitoring and Providing Information Over A Peer to Peer Network

A method of obtaining and recording search responses that are occurring on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. interposing at least one pseudonode on said network configured for;
• b. forwarding search requests by nodes that are received by said pseudonode;
• and
• c. recording responses that are received.

A method for monitoring responses from a specific node on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

• a interposing at least one pseudonode on said network configured for;
• b. monitoring search responses;
• c. detecting search responses from a specific node, and
• d. recording responses that are sent by a specific node.

A method for monitoring search requests for selected objects by a node on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes and removing responses from the network, said method comprising steps of:

• a. interposing at least one pseudonode on said network, said pseudonode configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID and having at least one selected requested object stored at said pseudonode;
• b. monitoring said network through at least one of said pseudonode to detect requests matching said at least one of said stored objects;
• c. forwarding said request to other nodes of the network;
• and
• d. dropping and responses that are received.

A method for monitoring search requests for selected objects by a node on a peer to peer network having at least two nodes and removing responses from the network, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. interposing at least one pseudonode on said network, said pseudonode configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID and having at least one selected requested object stored at aid pseudonode;
• b. monitoring said network through at least one of said pseudonode to detect requests matching said at least one of said stored objects;
• c. replacing the search term within the search request with random characters;
• and
• d. forwarding said request to other nodes of the network.

A method for monitoring supplemental search requests for selected objects by a node on a peer to peer network, said network having at least two nodes, and providing a response to substantially all of such requesting nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. interposing at least one pseudonode on said network, said pseudonode configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID, said pseudonode having at least one stored object corresponding to a request object stored at said pseudonode;
• b. monitoring said network through at least one of said pseudonode to detect supplemental search requests matching at least one of said stored objects;
• c. acquiring a unique ID generated by any network node requesting said object matching said stored object;
• and
• d. responding to each node representing an ID that the request is available from the pseudonode;
• and
• e. transmitting invalid data to said node upon its connection to pseudonode.