ACCELERATING PEER-TO-PEER CONTENT DISTRIBUTION

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20090100128A1
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12103364

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The acceleration of peer-to-peer downloads of content files using auxiliary resources in combination with peer-to-peer content distribution. A further feature relates to the use of enhanced message scheme for communications between the tracker and peers. One embodiment is a swarm having at least one seed capable of at least initially storing the content files with at least one tracker maintaining a list of peers wherein the tracker uses at least one peer selection algorithm to generate a selective peer-list and provides a selective peer-list to the peers.

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NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA LLC1209 ORANGE STREET WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Carothers, Christopher Duane Schenectady, US 2 504
Czechowski,, III Joseph Clifton Park, US 7 650
Smith,, II William David Schenectady, US 13 629
Wang, Xi Niskayuna, US 356 3114

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