PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION TO INCREASE DOWNLOAD THROUGHPUT

摘要

Certain embodiments relate to use of aggressive peering requests, which enable a peer computing device to obtain desired digital content more quickly than typically possible in a P2P network. In certain embodiments, an aggressive peering request comprises a request that another peer computing device, to which the aggressive peering request is sent, dedicates substantially all of, or a disproportionately large amount of, its P2P resources to servicing a specific peer computing device. Other embodiments relate to identifying, based on accessed information, peer computing devices that are predicted to be available as an uninterrupted seed, and thus, can be used to increase download throughput in a P2P network.

主权项

1. A central service for a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that includes a plurality of peer computing devices, the central service comprising:
an interface that receives, from a first peer computing device of the P2P network, an indication that the first peer computing device desires digital content; one or more processors that identify, for the first peer computing device, one or more other peer computing devices of the P2P network that are candidates for dedicating substantially all of, or a disproportionately large amount of, the other peer computing device's P2P resources to servicing the first peer computing device, wherein said P2P resources are resources that a said peer computing device uses for P2P communications; and wherein the one or more processors also effect or recommend that the first peer computing device send an aggressive peering request to at least one of the other peer computing devices that are identified as candidates for dedicating substantially all of, or a disproportionately large amount of, the other peer computing device's P2P resources to servicing the first peer computing device; wherein each said aggressive peering request comprises a request that one of the other peer computing devices dedicates substantially all of, or a disproportionately large amount of, the other peer computing device's P2P resources to servicing the first peer computing device.