DISTRIBUTED PEER LOCATION IN PEER-TO-PEER FILE TRANSFERS

摘要

A method and system for facilitating peer-to-peer networking among local peers are described. In order for peers to discover other local peers, all peers participate in a virtual coordinate system (1200) that tracks their relative locations. Hashes are generated from a combination of a digital content file and virtual coordinates of virtual nodes in the virtual coordinate system. The generated hashes are then used to retrieve peer connection information corresponding with local peers.