Patent Application Number: 2005321287
Filing Date: December 22, 2005Priority Date: December 29, 2004
Inventors: Lei Ma, Lin Ma, Yu Chen Zhou
Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
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A method for content information sharing between devices in communication with each other in a peer-to-peer network, comprising the steps of:

a first device receiving a request for information describing content stored at the first device from at least a second device via the peer-to-peer network, said request includes capability information of the second device;

said first device retrieving the information describing the content stored at the first device;

said first device filtering the retrieved information according to the capability information of the second device; and

said first device sending the filtered information to the second device.

Submitted by: Nicholas JoseyLast updated: over 2 years ago
Patent/Application # 7574515
Description
Basically, the prior art document covers a method of file sharing over a peer-to-peer network established between devices. A request is sent out by a user to other users within that particular network for certain content. If someone within the server has the content, it will provide it to the requesting device over a peer to peer network
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Submitted by: Nicholas JoseyLast updated: over 2 years ago
Patent/Application # 2005/0266835
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The prior art document concerns an application for a patent over a method of allowing users of mobile devices to share content with each other through wireless networks.
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Submitted by: Josh HayesLast updated: about 1 year ago
Patent/Application # 20050216570
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An audio/video (A/V) component networking system each adapted to provide A/V program data.
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