A system and method for uniquely identifying peers and other resources in a peer-to-peer networking environment. In one embodiment, every peer in the peer-to-peer network may have a unique peer identifier. Other peer-to-peer network resources may also have unique identifiers, including peer groups, services,...http://www.google.ca/patents/US20020188657?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020188657 - Resource identifiers for a peer-to-peer environment