Peer of a peer-to-peer network and such network

A peer comprising a specific peer of a plurality of peers on a peer-to-peer network where said peer-to-peer network comprises at least one peer-to-peer network server,

• wherein the specific peer of said plurality of peers comprises a communication record and is configured to maintain the communication record defining a plurality of candidate peers that are a subset of said plurality of peers that have a specific data item,
• the communication record is one of a plurality of distributed communication records, each of the plurality of communication records being comprised at a different peer of the plurality of peers, the communication records comprising information on which to facilitate autonomous decision making at each of the plurality of peers, and the at least one peer-to-peer network server is configured to control updates of the communication record to the plurality of peers;
• said specific peer of the plurality of peers being configured to download the specific data item from said at least one candidate peers of the plurality of candidate peers according to an individual routine of the specific peer and based on the communication record, said individual routine providing a first decision making process for the specific peer on how to download said specific data item;
• said specific peer being configured to receive at least one communication record update from a peer-to-peer network server of the at least one peer-to-peer network server via said candidate peers on a runtime basis according to the individual routine, wherein said individual routine provides a second decision making process for the specific peer on how to download said at least one communication record update;
• and
• said specific peer being configured to update the communication record based, at least in part, on the at least one communication record.

A peer-to-peer network comprising:

• a peer-to-peer network server and a plurality of peers;
• wherein a specific peer of said plurality of peers comprises a communication record and is configured to maintain the communication record defining a plurality of candidate peers that are a subset of said plurality of peers that have a specific data item,
• the communication record is one of a plurality of distributed communication records, each of the plurality of communication records being comprised at a different peer of the plurality of peers, the communication records comprising information on which to facilitate autonomous decision making at each of the plurality of peers, and
• the at least one peer-to-peer network server is configured to control updates of the communication record to the plurality of peers;
• said specific peer of the plurality of peers being configured to download the specific data item from said at least one candidate peer of the plurality of candidate peers according to an individual routine of the specific peer and based on the communication record, said individual routine providing a first decision making process for the specific peer on how to download said specific data item;
• said specific peer being configured to receive at least one communication record update from a peer-to-peer network server of the at least one peer-to-peer network server via said candidate peers on a runtime basis according to the individual routine, wherein said individual routine provides a second decision making process for the specific peer on how to download said at least one communication record update;
• and
• said specific peer being configured to update the communication record based, at least in part, on the at least one communication record.