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Method for improving peer to peer network communication

CA 2595438 C · Owner: Tiversa Ip, Inc. · Inventors: Hopkins, Samuel P.

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The present invention relates to an improvement-node used for deployment on a peer to peer network. The improvement-node is programmed for monitoring the network to receive communication messages there from and to forward said communication messages, optionally changing the communications radius parameters to an optimal or near optimal value. The improvement-node can forward messages from one network to another or from one network to the same network. The invention also provides a method for monitoring communication messages for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method includes interposing the improvement-node on the network. The improvement-node has at least …

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  • Filed January 21, 2005 and granted May 28, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 2025.
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FiledJanuary 21, 2005
GrantedMay 28, 2013
Term endedJanuary 21, 2025
Patent numberCA 2595438 C
Classification (IPC)H04L67/10 +2 more

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