US 2015/0088992 A1 · CONTROLLING PEER SOJOURN TIME IN FILE SHARING SYSTEMS

Abstract

A method for controlling the average time a peer spends in a swarm of peers in a file sharing system includes first establishing an autonomous mode of operation in the swarm of peers. In the autonomous mode, peers communicate only with other peers in their swarm in order to gain access to pieces of a desired file. If the swarm size meets a threshold size, then the file sharing system switches to a universal mode. In a universal mode, peers from one swarm are permitted to exchange desired file pieces with other peers in other swarms. If the desired file pieces held by peers within a swarm meets a threshold number, then the file sharing system transitions back to the autonomous mode of operation.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling the average time a peer spends in a swarm of peers in a file sharing system, the method comprising:

establishing an autonomous mode of operation in the swarm;
changing from the autonomous mode to a universal mode of operation at a first threshold based on a size of the swarm;
changing from the universal mode back to the autonomous mode at a second threshold;
wherein a peer in the swarm contacts only other in the swarm while operating in the autonomous mode, and wherein the peer in the swarm contacts other peers in a different swarm in the universal mode.

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Controlling peer sojourn time in file sharing systems

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Controlling peer sojourn time in file sharing systems

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Abstract

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