US 7,734,786 B2 · Method and system for identifying available resources in a peer-to-peer network

Abstract

A method for a peer of a peer-to-peer network to search for an available resource is provided. The method initiates with representing a request for the available resource as a request bit string. The method includes transmitting the request to a parent of the peer. Then, an aggregate availability bit string associated with the parent is accessed. The aggregate availability bit string represents an aggregate resource availability for all children of the parent. Next, a logical operation is performed with the bits of the aggregate availability bit string and the bits of the request bit string. Then, it is determined whether any of the children of the parent are able to provide the available resource based upon a result of the logical operation. A peer-to-peer grid and a system for publishing and identifying an available resource in a peer-to-peer distributed network are also provided.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method which when executed on a processor enables a peer of a peer-to-peer network to publish available resources, the method comprising method operations of:

determining an available resource of the peer, wherein the resource is a physical resource available at the peer;
expressing the available resource as a bit string, the bit swing identifying the amount of available physical resource at the peer, wherein expressing the available resource as a bit string further includes designating a first portion of the bit string as a binary value and designating a second portion of the bit string as a power law value;
transmitting the bit string to a parent of the peer,
wherein the peers of the peer-to-peer network are arranged in a hierarchical relationship and wherein the bit string received from the peer is aggregated with additional bit strings received by the parent.

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Method and system for identifying available resources in a peer-to-peer network

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Method and system for identifying available resources in a peer-to-peer network

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