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Title: Is Dropbox planning a P2P option? New patent suggests it's looking beyond the cloud Post by: HCK on January 05, 2016, 09:00:18 am Is Dropbox planning a P2P option? New patent suggests it's looking beyond the cloud
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Dropbox has been granted a patent on a new peer-to-peer file-sharing technology that suggests it may be planning an alternative to its existing cloud-based service.</p><p> Designed to facilitate file sharing across devices without the need for content to go through its own cloud servers, the new technology promises faster download speeds, Dropbox said.</p><p> It can “eliminate bottlenecks, thereby increasing the speed” at which content items can be shared among individuals, Dropbox explained in U.S. Patent Application 20150358297 (http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2015/0358297.html). Cryptographic keys, meanwhile, add security and prevent conflicts during synchronization.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3018983/data-center-cloud/is-dropbox-planning-a-p2p-option-new-patent-suggests-its-looking-beyond-the-cloud.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Is Dropbox planning a P2P option? New patent suggests it's looking beyond the cloud (http://www.macworld.com/article/3018983/data-center-cloud/is-dropbox-planning-a-p2p-option-new-patent-suggests-its-looking-beyond-the-cloud.html#tk.rss_all) |