CATEGORIZED CONTENT SHARING, IDENTICAL CONTENT MAINTANANCE AND USER PROTECTION IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK

摘要

Methods and apparatus for sharing content between devices over a peer-to-peer (P2P) network without servers. The content is distributed to all the devices connected to the network. The distributed content may be identical and/or categorized. The content may be marked with a trust rating, and a user is enabled to both report and delete inappropriate/defective content and also report trusted content. A user may also be protected from using inappropriate/defective/non-trusted content and may prevent re-sharing of such content by other users.