Apparatuses and Methods for Assessing User Interest Scores as Altered by Friends Influence
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorJamie Jiménez
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Abstract
A node and method for storing/retrieving rating information about a node or a resource in a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication network. The method includes a step of requesting, at a first rating node, an identity of a storing node in which to store first rating information corresponding to a rated node or a rated resource, a step of adding the first rating information to a reputon, and a step of sending the reputon from the first rating node to the storing node to be stored.
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A method for storing rating information about a node or a resource in a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication network, the method comprising:
- requesting, at a first rating node, an identity of a storing node in which to store first rating information corresponding to a rated node or a rated resource;
- adding the first rating information to a reputon;
- and
- sending the reputon from the first rating node to the storing node to be stored.
A rater node in a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication network for sending rating information about a rated node or a rated resource, the rater node comprising:
- an interface configured to request an identity of a storing node in which to store the rating information corresponding to the rated node or the rated resource;
- and
- a processor connected to the interface and configured to add the rating information to a reputon,
- wherein the interface further sends the reputon from the rater node to the storing node to be stored.
A method for retrieving rating information about a node or a resource in a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication network, the method comprising:
- requesting, from a lookup node, an identity of a storing node that stores a first reputon generated by a first rating node;
- receiving the identity of the storing node;
- and
- sending a request to the storing node to receive the first reputon.
A lookup node in a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication network for requesting rating information about a rated node or a rated resource, the lookup node comprising:
- an interface configured to
- request an identity of a storing node that stores a first reputon generated by a first rating node,
- receive the identity of the storing node, and
- send a request to the storing node to receive the first reputon;
- and
- a processor connected to the interface and configured to extract the rating information from the first reputon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.