Early detection of high volume peer-to-peer swarms

摘要

Early detection of high volume swarms in a peer-to-peer network, including a data feed of peer-to-peer swarm activity, and an analytics engine processing the data feed and identifying the high volume swarms that have parameters that exceed a threshold. The system can include a pre-processing section for conditioning the swarm data for the analytics section. There can also be a verification section that confirms that the peer download file matches the target file. The early detection provides for enhanced anti-piracy efforts, improved allocation of network resources, and better business decision-making.

主权项

1. An early identification system for high volume swarms involved in distribution of a target asset on a peer-to-peer network, comprising:
a data gatherer stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium with executable code that gathers swarm data including peer-to-peer swarm activity involving distribution of peer-to-peer content; data gatherer circuitry configured to execute the executable code of the data gatherer; an analytics section stored on a computer readable medium with executable code establishing a high volume swarm detection threshold for the target asset and processing the swarm data, wherein: the high volume swarm detection threshold is initially set as a static number and the static number is used until a level of swarm data defined by an adjustable threshold parameter is collected; and analytics section circuitry configured to identify and flag the high volume swarms as those having a number of unique peers involved in the distribution of the target asset such that the number of unique peers exceeds the threshold, such that the early identification system indicates the high volume swarms involved in distribution of the target asset.