| 摘要 |
In a peer-to-peer network of peers 10 which are interconnected for sharing content data, the peers 10 store content files of content data in a file structure comprising a plurality of content folders 21, 22, 23 , each content folder 21, 22, 23 containing any number of content files 24 of related content data, and a description file 26 containing both unique identification information and descriptive information in XML format describing the content file or files 24 stored in the same content folder 21 . Requesting peers 10 transmit search query messages which specify search criteria for passage through the network. Peers 10 receiving a search query message compare the search criteria with the descriptive information contained in the description files in each of their plurality of content folders 21, 22, 23 , and in the event of there being a matching content folder transmit a hit message including the identification information to identify the matching content folder for passage back through the network to the respective requesting peer 10. |
