CREATING OR MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN A PRIVATE NETWORK OR VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK OF SERVERS AND CLIENTS

摘要

The present invention provides computer systems, private computer networks or private virtual networks for managed peer to peer communications and to methods and software for accessing, utilizing and managing private computer networks or virtual private networks including servers and clients. More particularly, the present invention provides a system, methods and software for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting relationship between servers with other servers and/or clients within a private or virtual private network for managed peer to peer communications. In one aspect, the invention also relates to an application programming interface ("API") and software useful for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating, and persisting such relationships as a complex relationship graph, or as a set of complex relationship graphs.