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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIoana Donescu, Pascal Viger, Frédéric Maze, Eric Nassor
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A method of allocating at least one service by a first peer (E) to a second peer (D), the peers being linked by means of a computer communication network, the first and second peers belonging respectively to a first and second group of peers adapted to share data, comprises the following steps: evaluating (E63) a distance (d0) between the first peer (E) and the second peer (D); and selecting (E65) a service allocated by the first peer (E) according to the value (d0) of the distance.
A method of allocating at least one service by a first peer to a second peer, the first and second peers being linked by means of a computer communication network, said first and second peers belonging respectively to a first and second group of peers adapted to share data, comprising the steps of:
A device for allocating at least one service by a first peer to a second peer, the first and second peers being connected by means of a computer communication network, said first and second peers belonging respectively to a first and second group of peers adapted to share data, the device comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer-executable program that, when executed by a computer, performs a method of allocating at least one service by a first peer to a second peer, the first and second peers being linked by means of a computer communication network, said first and second peers belonging respectively to a first and second group of peers adapted to share data, the program comprising the steps of:
A method of allocating at least one service by a first peer to a second peer, the first and second peers being linked by means of a computer communication network, said first and second peers belonging respectively to a first and second group of peers adapted to share data, comprising the steps of:
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For controlling access to devices or network resources: grouping of entities
In which an application is distributed across nodes in the network: peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks: inter-group management mechanisms, e.g. splitting, merging or interconnection of groups
For supporting data block transmission mechanisms: resource dissemination mechanisms or network resource keeping policies for optimal resource…
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention concerns a method of allocating a service by a first peer to a second peer.
It also concerns an allocation device adapted to implement the method according to the invention.
In the accompanying drawings, given by way of non-limiting examples:
FIG. 1 is an example embodiment of a hybrid peer-to-peer network adapted to implement the allocation method according to the invention;
FIGS. 2a and 2b illustrate the sharing of data in a communication network as illustrated in FIG. 1;
An example of a hybrid peer-to-peer network adapted to implement the service allocation method according to the invention will be described first of all with reference to FIG. 1.
This thus relates to a hybrid “peer-to-peer” distributed communication system, each peer being able to be both client and server, the role of a central server S being minimized compared with a conventional client-server communication system.
Such a distributed communication system is encountered in particular in the exchange of personal digital data, such as for example digital photos or videos, in a system where various terminals can be connected together.