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Patent
H - Electricity
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H04L 29/06 (2006.01) G06F 9/50 (2006.01) H04L 29/08 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2446933
A method, program and system to provide incentives for client machines to contribute resources to a peer-to-peer computer network are provided. When a server receives requests for information from a plurality of client machines, it determines if the client machines are contributing resources to peer-to- peer sharing. When answering requests, clients which contribute resources to peer-to-peer sharing are given priority over client which do not contribute. In another embodiment of the present invention, a further incentive is provided to clients which contribute to peer-to-peer sharing, by giving higher priority to client requests in proportion to the level of resources contributed.
L'invention concerne un procédé, un programme et un système destinés à inciter des machines client à fournir des ressources à un réseau informatique d'égal à égal. Lorsqu'un serveur reçoit des demandes d'informations provenant d'une pluralité de machines client, il détermine si les machines client contribuent à des ressources de partage d'égal à égal. Lorsqu'il répond aux demandes, le système donne la priorité aux clients contribuant aux ressources de partage d'égal à égal par rapport aux clients qui ne contribuent pas aux ressources. Dans un autre mode de réalisation de la présente invention, lorsque il répond aux demandes, le système donne davantage la priorité aux clients qui contribuent aux ressources de partage d'égal à égal, selon leur niveau de contribution aux ressources de partage.
Jones Jeffrey Allen
Rothert Douglas Scott
International Business Machines Corporation
Wang Peter
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