| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a content distribution network for the distribution of a digital object in a peer-to-peer network with a plurality of peers having a peer location identifier and a download client (103a) for downloading the digital object. A plurality of distributed caches (312a, 312b) is present in the peer-to-peer network. At least some of the plurality of peers (102a, 102b, 102c) are connected to at least some of the plurality of distributed caches (312). A publisher's computer network (403) is connected to at least one of the plurality of distributed caches (312) for distributing the digital object to at least one of the plurality of distributed caches (312). A private tracker for managing the distribution of the digital object among the plurality of distributed caches (312a, 312b) and a public tracker for managing the distribution of the digital object between the plurality of peers (102a, 102b, 102c) are present. The invention also includes a method for the distribution of a digital object over a peer-to- peer network to at least one of a plurality of peers (102). The method comprises a first step of placing at least a first piece of the digital object on a content supplier (402,- 312), a second step of transferring at least the first piece of the digital object to a least one of a plurality of distributed caches (312), a third. step of announcing the availability of the digital object to at least one of the plurality of peers (102) and a fourth step of downloading at least the first piece of the digital object to the at least one of the plurality of peers (102).</p> |
