System and method for searching for specific types of people or information on a peer to-peer network
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a system and a method for searching for specific types of people or specific types of information on a Peer-to-Peer network, and in particular, using specific types of search terms as a means of profiling to find specific types of information or specific types of people on a Peer-to-Peer network. When a specific types of person or specific type of information is needed, a specific type of search term is issued on the Peer-to-Peer network. If that specific type of person or specific types of information is available a response will be received.
1. A system to locate at least one type of person, via a Peer-to-Peer network, comprising:
a Peer-to-Peer network node comprising a memory for storing instructions and a processor unit for executing the stored instructions to:
issue a Peer-to Peer search on the Peer-to-Peer network, the Peer-to-Peer search including a search term, the search term known to elicit a response from a responding Peer-to-Peer network node having an associated user that is the at least one type of person;
receive a response from a Peer-to-Peer network node as a result of the Peer-to-Peer search on the Peer-to-Peer network;
send a push request to at least one of the responding Peer-to-Peer network nodes, the push request including an identifier of the responding Peer-to-Peer node, an identifier of a file being requested from the responding Peer-to-Peer node, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Peer-to-Peer network node sending the push request;
receive a response to the push request from the at least one responding Peer-to-Peer network node, the response exposing a real Internet Protocol (IP) address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node; and
determine a geographic location of the at least one type of person based on the real IP address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node.
2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one type of person is related to financial accounts, investment accounts, identity theft, or credit card disputes.
3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the Peer-to-Peer search includes a group of search terms, the group of search terms collectively known to elicit a response from a responding network node having an associated user that is the at least one type of person.
4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one type of person is related to corporate executives or corporate operations.
5. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one type of person is related to corporate financials.
6. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the at least one type of person is related to miscellaneous corporate operations.
7. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the type of person is a person that should not be sharing information that is associated with the at least one search term.
8. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the type of person is a person sharing information related to another entity that is associated with the at least one search term.
9. A method executed by a Peer-to-Peer network node for locating at least one type of person, the method comprising:
connecting to the Peer-to-Peer network;
issuing a Peer-to-Peer search on a Peer-to-Peer network, the Peer-to-Peer search including a search term, the search term known to elicit response from a responding Peer-to-Peer network having an associated user that is at least one type of person;
receiving a response from a Peer-to-Peer network node as a result of the Peer-to-Peer search on the Peer-to-Peer network;
sending a push request to the responding Peer-to-Peer network node,
the push request including an identifier of the responding Peer-to-Peer node, an identifier of a file being requested from the responding Peer-to-Peer node, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Peer-to-Peer network node sending the push request;
receiving a response to the push request from the responding Peer-to-Peer network node, the response exposing a real Internet Protocol (IP) address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node; and
determining a geographic location of the at least one type of person based on the real IP address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node.
10. The method as set forth in claim 9 wherein the Peer-to-Peer search includes a group of search terms, the group of search terms collectively known to elicit a response from a responding network node having an associated user that is the at least one type of person.
11. The method as set forth in claim 9 wherein the type of person is a person sharing information that should not be shared.
12. The method as set forth in claim 9 wherein the type of person is a person sharing information related to another entity that is associated with the at least one search term.
13. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to issue a search message on a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network, the search message including a search term, the search term known to elicit a response from a responding P2P network node having an associated user that is at least one type of person;
receive a response message from a P2P network node as a result of the issued search;
send a push request to the P2P network node,
the push request including an identifier of the responding Peer-to-Peer node, an identifier of a file being requested from the responding Peer-to-Peer node, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Peer-to-Peer network node sending the push request;
receive a response to the push request from the P2P network node, the response exposing a real Internet Protocol (IP) address of the P2P network node; and
determine a geographic location of the at least one type of person based on the real IP address of the responding P2P network node.
14. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the search term is associated with financial accounts, investment accounts, identity theft, or credit card disputes.
15. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the Peer-to-Peer search includes a group of search terms, the group of search terms collectively known to elicit a response from a responding network node having an associated user that is the at least one type of person.
16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the response to the push request is received over an out of band Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection that exposes the real IP address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node.
17. The method as set forth in claim 9 wherein receiving a response to the push request further comprising receiving the response over an out of band Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection that exposes the real IP address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node.
18. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the response to the push request is received over an out of band Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection that exposes the real IP address of the responding Peer-to-Peer network node.