A system and method related for performing lookup operations for objects distributed among different nodes in a peer-to-peer network are disclosed. Various nodes in the peer-to-peer network may store objects. Objects stored on a given node may be accessed by other nodes in the peer-to-peer network. To...http://www.google.com/patents/US8145736?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8145736 - Fast distributed object lookup for a computer network
