公开(公告)号：US20130332533A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-12

申请号：US13965547

申请日：2013-08-13

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I.L.P.

Inventor： Kadangode K. Ramankrishnan ,  Vijay Gopalakrishnan ,  Fang Yu ,  David Lee

IPC: H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L67/104 ,  H04L9/3213 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L63/0407 ,  H04L63/126 ,  H04L67/1078 ,  H04L2209/42 ,  H04L2209/60

Abstract: A method for transferring content includes requesting the content from a serving peer and sending the content to a requesting peer. Requesting the content includes sending a request to a tracker, receiving a request token, a path identifier, and a first peer identifier from the tracker, and sending a request message to a second peer. The first peer identifier includes an identity of a first peer, and the request message includes the request token, the path identifier, and the first peer identifier. Sending the content includes receiving the request token and the path identifier from a third peer, sending a return message to a fourth peer, and transferring the content from the serving peer to the requesting peer through a transfer path. The return message includes the path identifier and a second peer identifier. The second peer identifier includes an identity of a fifth peer. The transfer path includes at least the second, fourth, and fifth peers.

Abstract translation: 用于传送内容的方法包括从服务对等体请求内容并将内容发送到请求对等体。 请求内容包括向跟踪器发送请求，从跟踪器发送请求令牌，路径标识符和第一对等体标识符，以及向第二对等体发送请求消息。 第一对等标识符包括第一对等体的标识，并且请求消息包括请求令牌，路径标识符和第一对等体标识符。 发送内容包括从第三对等体接收请求令牌和路径标识符，向第四对等体发送返回消息，以及通过传输路径将内容从服务对等体传送到请求对等体。 返回消息包括路径标识符和第二对等体标识符。 第二对等体标识符包括第五对等体的标识。 传送路径至少包括第二，第四和第五对等体。