A method for communicating among a plurality of peer nodes in a network environment is provided. A discovery command is communicated from a current peer node to at least one neighbor peer node, the neighbor peer node in communication with the current peer node. An aggregated list of peer nodes is received...http://www.google.de/patents/US7117264?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7117264 - Method and system for peer to peer communication in a network environment