Self-adapting direct peer to peer communication and messaging system

摘要

A system and method for communication and messaging among self-adapting peer nodes is disclosed, where each node maintains a list of authorized peer nodes. The nodes exchange requests directly with other nodes over networks, providing information identifying the requesting node and the type of request. The receiving node authenticates the requesting node, authenticates the type of request, and determines method of response to the request. If the request is authenticated and the type of request is valid, the receiving node also validates the incoming request and originating node and adapts its peer node database, applying any required changes. The types of requests exchanged between nodes include: status and location change, message, audio, voice, video, text, and data. The types of responses include: authorized, unauthorized, or ignore. The nodes may periodically send and receive requests for status, messages, and data updates from an optional central server.

主权项

1. A peer to peer communications system comprising:
a plurality of peer nodes, each peer node comprising a communication module and a database; a central server comprising:
a central database comprising identification information of each of the plurality of peer nodes;a central data processing module; andcentral communications means connecting the central server with the communication modules of the peer nodes; where the communication modules of each peer node are capable of connecting with communication modules of other peer nodes and with the central communication means, where a second peer node transmits to the central server a request for authorization and identification information to be relayed to a first peer node, and the central server relays the second peer node's request for authorization and identification information to the first peer node, where the communication module of a first peer node receives the request for authorization and identification information of the second peer node from the central server, upon receiving the request, the first peer node may authorize or decline to authorize the second peer node, and upon authorization, the first peer node enters the second peer node's identification information into the first peer node's database, establishing the second peer node as an authorized peer node; where the peer node is comprised of information about accessibility, location and authorization state of the peer node, and the database of the peer node is comprised of information about accessibility and location states of one or more authorized peer nodes, and the database of the peer node is not comprised of identification information of any of the plurality of peer nodes which have not been authorized; where the second peer node transmits a request to the first peer node, the request comprising identification information about the second peer node, and the first peer node compares the identification information received from the second peer node with the information stored in the database of the first peer node; and where the first peer node responds to the request from the second peer node only if the identification information received from the second peer node identifies the first peer node as an authorized peer node in the first peer node database.