公开(公告)号：JPH10187643A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-21

申请号：JP32608997

申请日：1997-11-27

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BIN KYU NEWEN ,  RICHARD J REDPATH ,  SANDIP KSHAN SINGAL

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/177 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F15/163

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a delay of user connectivity by a seamless system by decreasing all destination addresses, handled by a server interconnected to individual clients, by the total number of peer addresses. SOLUTION: In hybrid environment 500, pure client servers and pure peer-to- peer options are integrated. In the hybrid environment 500, a client 502 transmits outgoing real-time data directly to a subset of destination peer clients, e.g. clients 504, 506, and 508. To transmit data to one of the remaining destinations, a server 510 is depended upon. This hybrid environment 500 gives each client a variety of communication options, so the client can dynamically select a proper balance of bandwidth and delay as to the outgoing data.