Method for discovering and discriminating devices on local collaborative networks to facilitate collaboration among users

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-01-12
COLLIGO NETWORKS A CANADIAN CORP
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Without a central server, it is extremely difficult to maintain an accurate accounting of the participants in the collaborative session.
Accordingly, the computing device of the user will not be able to quickly and easily contact all members of the collaborative session because they are not identifiable to the user.
However, the '896 patent does not disclose how to identify and

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[0021] Referring now to the drawings wherein the showings are for purposes of illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention only, and not for purposes of limiting the same, FIG. 1 illustrates computing devices A, B, C, D, and E in a peer-to-peer network. The computing devices may be PDA's, PC's, wireless telephones, or any other type of electronic device that can be in a network. The network may be wired (i.e., LAN or Ethernet) or wireless network (i.e., Bluetooth, 802.11b). The present invention is independent of the type of the computing device or the type of network.

[0022] Each of the computing devices A, B, C, D, and E has a respective network identification number. For instance, computing device A has a network identification number of 001. The network identification number is a unique identifier to the network. Furthermore, each computing device may also have an associated network address. The address may be an IP address or other type of network specific addre...

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A method for identifying participants of a collaborative network is disclosed. The participants communicate over a larger electronic network wherein not all members may be participating in the collaborative session. The method begins by determining a unique session identifier for only the participants of the collaborative network. Next, a message having the session identifier is sent to all members of the network by an inquiring participant of the collaborative network. Only participants that have the session identifier respond to the inquiring participant. Finally, communication is established between the participants that responded to the message and the inquiring participant. In this regard, a collaborative network is formed including the inquiring participant.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention generally relates to identifying members of a collaborative network and more particularly to a method of identifying members in a peer-to-peer network without the use of a central server. [0002] In a peer-to-peer network or system, users would like to collaborate using their computing devices in a public or private collaboration session without the use of a server. Collaboration may involve the transfer of files, sending messages, or other forms of data between two or more computing devices of the network. During collaboration, the computing devices share a physical network with other devices who the users may wish to selectively include or exclude from their sessions. [0003] Typically, a network has a central designated server that can identify users and the current network addresses or device identifiers of their devices which are currently logged-in as well as the session identifiers which are used to distinguish specific c...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16H04L12/28H04L12/56
CPCH04L12/1818H04W40/246H04L67/1053H04L67/14H04L67/146H04L67/104H04L67/51H04L12/18H04L67/1068
Inventor BLACKSTOCK, MICHAEL A.WATKINS, ANDREW D.SPAAY, HENKGEORGE, MATHIEU P.SAWADSKY, NICHOLAS J.
Owner COLLIGO NETWORKS A CANADIAN CORP
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