Granted Patent B2

US 7,055,036 · App. 09/922,329 · Granted May 30, 2006

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A method for verifying trusted status of a service-providing server in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:

broadcasting a request over the network by a requesting peer for a task with respect to a remote non-local backend server;

receiving a response to the request from the service-providing server;

verifying a digital certificate of the response issued by the remote non-local backend server indicating that the responding service-providing server is trusted for the requested task;

forwarding the task to a local alias URL of the responding peer for performance of the task by the responding server if said verifying is successful; and

awaiting for another response from another service-providing server if the verifying is unsuccessful;

wherein said verifying verifies that the local alias URL is approved by the non-local backend server for the requested task;

wherein a message is broadcasted indicating that the requesting peer has located the responding service-providing server;

wherein the local alias URL points to a local upload directory for a HTTP service server residing at a responding server node;

wherein the request specifies a post method that places data into the local upload directory as a uniquely named file.

2. A method for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 1 , wherein the digital certificate is a 1024-bit VeriSign digital certificate.

3. A method for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 1 , further comprising placing the responding server node in a black list of the requesting peer for the requested task if said verifying is unsuccessful.

4. A method for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 1 , wherein the task is an uploading task and wherein said forwarding the task to the local alias URL includes forwarding the file to be uploaded to the remote non-local backend server.

5. A computer program product for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:

computer code that broadcasts a request over the network by a requesting peer for a task with respect to a remote non-local backend server;

computer code that receives a response to the request from the service-providing server;

computer code that verifies a digital certificate of the response issued by the remote non-local backend server indicating that the responding service-providing server is trusted for the requested task;

computer code that forwards the task to a local alias URL of the responding peer for performance of the task by the responding server if said verifying is successful; and

computer code that awaits for another response from another service-providing server if the verifying is unsuccessful; and

a computer readable medium that stores said computer codes;

wherein said verifying verifies that the local alias URL is approved by the non-local backend server for the requested task;

wherein a message is broadcasted indicating that the requesting peer has located the responding service-providing server;

wherein the local alias URL points to a local upload directory for a HTTP service server residing at a responding server node;

wherein the request specifies a post method that places data into the local unload directory as a uniquely named file.

6. A computer program product for verifying trusted status of a service providing peer of claim 5 , wherein the digital certificate is a 1024-bit VeriSign digital certificate.

7. A computer program product for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 5 , further comprising computer code that places the responding server node in a black list of the requesting peer for the requested task if said verifying is unsuccessful.

8. A computer program product for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 5 , wherein the task is an uploading task and wherein computer code that forwards the task to the local alias URL includes computer code that forwards the file to be uploaded to the remote non-local backend server.

9. A system for verifying trusted status of a service-providing server in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:

means for broadcasting a request over the network by a requesting peer for a task with respect to a remote non-local backend server,

means for receiving a response to the request from the service-providing server;

means for verifying a digital certificate of the response issued by the remote non-local backend server indicating that the responding service-providing server is trusted for the requested task;

means for forwarding the task to a local alias URL of the responding peer for performance of the task by the responding server if said verifying is successful; and

means for awaiting for another response from another service-providing server if the verifying is unsuccessful;

wherein said verifying verifies that the local alias URL is approved by the non-local backend server for the requested task;

wherein a message is broadcasted indicating that the requesting peer has located the responding service-providing server;

wherein the local alias URL points to a local upload directory for a HTTP service server residing at a responding server node;

wherein the request specifies a post method that places data into the local upload directory as a uniquely named file.

10. A system for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 9 , wherein the digital certificate is a 1024-bit VeriSign digital certificate.

11. A system for verifying trusted status of a service-providing peer of claim 9 , further comprising means for placing the responding server node in a black list of the requesting peer for the requested task if said verifying is unsuccessful.

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