Apparatus for efficient reconstruction of data file

• US 10,009,408 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2015
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Gondo, Shunichi, Aizu, Hiroyuki, Kawazoe, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Chong G
• Application Number:
  US14/643,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 709203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus communicates with a first device including a first data file via a network. The communication apparatus includes an indication unit and a request sending unit. The indication unit indicates a first data sending request to send first data from a first position as a start position of the first data file toward a second position as an end position of the first data file. Furthermore, the indication unit indicates a second data sending request to send second data from the second position toward the first position in the first data file. The request sending unit sends the first data sending request and the second data sending request to the first device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for communicating with a first device including a first data file via a network, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors configured to;

indicate a first data sending request to send first data from a first position as a start position of the first data file toward a second position as an end position of the first data file, and a second data sending request to send second data from the second position toward the first position in the first data file;

control sending the first data sending request and the second data sending request to the first device; and

control receiving the first data as a reply to the first data sending request, and the second data as a reply to the second data sending request, wherein

the one or more processors are further configured to;

indicate a third data sending request to send third data from a third position between the first position and the second position toward the second position in the first data file and indicate the third position, based on respective speeds for receiving the first data and the second data, and

control sending the third data sending request at a first timing after starting to receive the first data and the second data, and before receiving of the first data or the second data is complete.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the one or more processors are configured to:

control stopping of the receiving of the first data and the second data, when the first data from the first position to the third position and the second data from the second position to the third position are received.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

indicate a fourth data sending request to send fourth data from the third position toward the first position in the first data file, and

control sending the fourth data sending request at a second timing after starting to receive the first data and the second data, and before receiving of the first data or the second data is complete.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

control receiving the third data and the fourth data, and

control stopping the receiving of the first data and the fourth data when the first data from the first position to the fourth position and the fourth data from the third position to the fourth position are received, and stopping the receiving of the second data and the third data when the second data from the second position to a fifth position and the third data from the third position to the fifth position are received.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

control stopping the receiving of the third data, when a speed of receiving the first data or the second data after starting to receive the third data is slower than a speed of receiving the first data or the second data before starting to receive the third data.

6. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the third position is a middle position between the first position and the second position.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations for communicating with a first device including a first data file via a network,

the operations comprising:

indicating a first data sending request to send first data from a first position as a start position of the first data file toward a second position as an end position of the first data file;

indicating a second data sending request to send second data from the second position toward the first position in the first data file;

sending the first data sending request and the second data sending request to the first device; and

receiving the first data as a reply to the first data sending request, and the second data as a reply to the second data sending request, wherein

the indicating includes indicating a third data sending request to send third data from a third position between the first position and the second position toward the second position in the first data file and indicating the third position, based on respective speeds for receiving the first data and the second data, and

the sending includes sending the third data sending request at a first timing after starting to receive the first data and the second data, and before completing receiving of the first data or the second data.