Incorporating a Mobile Device into a Peer-to-Peer Network

A service comprising:

• registering a plurality of peer devices at a registration server;
• and
• registering a peer server at the registration server;
• wherein a first peer device of the plurality of peer devices communicates with a second peer device of the plurality of peer devices via the peer server, and wherein the peer server performs peer operations in a peer-to-peer network on behalf of the first peer device, and the peer server identifies itself to other devices as the first peer device.

A computer program product, stored on one or more computer-readable media, comprising instructions operative to cause a programmable processor of a network device to:

• register a plurality of peer devices at a registration server;
• and
• register a peer server at the registration server;
• wherein a first peer device of the plurality of peer devices communicates with a second peer device of the plurality of peer devices via the peer server, and wherein the peer server performs peer operations in a peer-to-peer network on behalf of the first peer device and the peer server identifies itself to other devices as the first peer device.

A peer-to-peer communication network comprising:

• at least one peer server;
• and
• a plurality of peer devices,
• wherein at least one of the plurality of peer devices, being a first peer device, communicates with at least another one of the plurality of peer devices, being a second peer device, via at least one of the peer servers, being a first peer server, and wherein the first peer server performs peer operations in the peer-to-peer network on behalf of the first peer device and the first peer server identifies itself to other devices as the first peer device.