Peer to Peer System in an OTT Platform Environment
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This document describes a system and method for selecting peer-to-peer networks that are most likely to quickly provide relevant search results to a user. The system examines characteristics of hosts in a peer-to-peer network, ranks the hosts based on how closely they match ideal characteristics, and provides this ranking to the user so they can select highly-ranked hosts to enter the network. It also collects a list of hosts containing content relevant to the user's search so they can directly connect to a suitable host.
Peer to Peer System in an OTT Platform Environment
- 1. System and Method for Selecting Peer to Peer Networks in an OTT Platform Environment Solution: An directing a search of a peer‐to‐peer network in an OTT platform environment, in which a user performing a search is assisted in choosingp , p g g a host which is likely to return fast, favorable results to the user. Enabled by , the present invention examines a peer‐to‐peer network and collects data on various characteristics of the hosts which make up the network and compares those characteristics to a rank and ordering system for inclusion . Thereafter, enabled by hosts are ranked using the data and passes this informationenabled by , hosts are ranked using the data, and passes this information to the then the user. The user then selects one or more of the highly‐ ranked hosts as an entry point into the network in comparison to the ideal characteristics of the . Additionally, the collects a list of hosts based on the content on the hosts. In this way, a user may choose to connect to a host which is known to contain information relevant to the user's search. Enabled by the , the present invention is used to select from among the hosts listed in the ..