PEER-TO-PEER STREAMING AND API SERVICES FOR PLURAL APPLICATIONS

摘要

Embodiments of apparatuses with a universal P2P service platform are disclosed herein. A unified infrastructure is built in such apparatuses and a unified P2P network may be established with such apparatuses. In various embodiments, such an apparatus comprises a P2P operating system (OS) virtual machine (VM) 202 and a client guest operating system (OS) virtual machine (VM) 204. There is a collection of P2P services in the P2P OS VM 202 and this VM 202 works as a peer node in the P2P network. There is a collection of API services in the client guest OS VM 204 and this VM 204 interacts with various P2P applications. The two VMs communicate with each other via a shared memory 216 and a virtual machine manager 214. In various embodiments, the apparatus further includes a security checker 318 located in the P2P OS VM 302. Other embodiments are also described.