Method and apparatus for transmitting data over a network

• US 20030055915A1
• Filed: 03/25/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cyberlancet Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cyberlancet Corporation
• Inventors: Ngo, Kin Cuc
• Application Number:
  US10/107,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20030055915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method of sending a file over a network from an originating node to a requesting client, comprising: receiving a request for the file at an intermediate node; providing a time insensitive component of the file to the client from the intermediate node; and providing a time sensitive component of the file to the client from the originating node.

Claims

1. A method of parsing a data into its static and dynamic data components comprising:

setting a threshold value for separating static data components and dynamic data components;

obtaining expiration parameters for each data component of the data file;

comparing each expiration parameter to the threshold value;

identifying as dynamic data components the data components that have an expiration value lower than the threshold value; and

identifying as static data components the data components of the data that have an expiration value higher than the threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the threshold value is set based on a measurement of a load value of a file server storing the data file.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the threshold value of each file server can be independently set.

4. A method of sending data from an intelligent server comprising:

receiving a data request from a client;

determining whether the client is intelligent;

parsing the data into static and dynamic components, wherein the static and dynamic components are separated based on a selected threshold value; and

transmitting the static components and the dynamic components of the data to an intelligent client.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the intelligent server parses the requested data into its static and dynamic components after a request is received.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the intelligent server parses the requested data into its static and dynamic components before any request is received.60630-3001010630-300101

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the intelligent file server multicasts the static components of the requested data, and forwards the dynamic components of the requested data.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein the intelligent file server broadcasts the static components of the requested data, and forwards the dynamic components of the requested data.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein the intelligent file server forwards the static components and the dynamic components of the requested data.

10. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

counting the number of requests from intelligent clients for a particular data file;

broadcasting the static data components of said data file to each intelligent client once a number of requests for a particular file surpasses a set value.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the static data components broadcasting further comprising:

(a) receiving a data file including static data components and dynamic data components;

(b) specifying a time interval;

(c) parsing the static data components into a plurality of static data blocks;

(d) determining a required number of time slots to send the data file, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(e) allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of said plurality of data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional data blocks, such that said plurality of data blocks is available to a client accessing said data file during any time slot; and

(f) sending said plurality of data blocks based on said allocating step (e).

12. A method for processing data received from an intelligent server comprising:

sending a data request from an intelligent client to the intelligent server, wherein the intelligent server stores the static components and the dynamic components of the requested data, and wherein the intelligent server packetizes and transmits the static and dynamic components of the requested data upon;

receiving static data packets and dynamic data packets;

reconstructing the requested data from the received static data packets and dynamic data packets.

13. The method of claim 12 including the step of receiving static data from a broadcast, further comprising:

(a) receiving a selection of a data file during a first time slot;

(b) receiving at least one data block of said data file during a second time slot; and

(c) during a next time slot;

(1) receiving any data block not already received;

(2) recombining the received data blocks to form the data file; and

(3) repeating step (c) until all data blocks of said data file have been received and recombined.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein further comprising:

performing an error check; and

sending a request to resend the data blocks generating the error check.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of recombining of the data blocks does not start until after all the data files have been received.

16. The method of claim 12 further including the steps of receiving the static data packets from a multicast.

17. A method of creating a data packet based on an intelligent protocol comprising:

including identifying information used for identifying the intelligent data protocol.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said identification information is included in a header portion of the data packet.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the data packet is created based on TCP/IP protocol.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the header portion is the TCP information portion.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein said identification information is included in the data portion of the data packet.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the data packet is created based on TCP/IP protocol.

23. A method of processing a data request from an intelligent client connected to a network through a network service provider server, said method comprising:

receiving a request for data from the intelligent client;

querying a cache server for static components of the requested data;

performing one of;

sending a request for static components and dynamic components of the data requested to an intelligent web server, if the static components of the requested data is not stored in the cache server and storing a copy of the static components of the requested data after it has been received, and

sending a request for the dynamic components of the data requested to an intelligent web server, if the static components of the requested data is stored in the cache server;

forwarding the dynamic components of the requested data received from the intelligent server to the intelligent client; and

multicasting the static components of the requested and received data.

24. A method of responding to a data request from a client by an intelligent network connection providing server comprising:

receiving a file request from a client;

determining whether the client is intelligent;

sending a static components of the requested data to the client;

forwarding a request for at least a dynamic components of the requested data;

receiving at least the dynamic components of the requested data; and

transmitting at least the dynamic data to the client.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the data request is from a non-intelligent client.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

passing the data request to a non-intelligent server.

27. The method of claim 24 wherein multicasting of the static components is further comprising:

(a) specifying a time interval;

(b) parsing the static components into a plurality of static data blocks;

(c) determining a required number of time slots to send the static components, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(d) allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of the plurality of static data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional static data blocks; and

(e) sending the plurality of static data blocks based on said allocating step (d).

28. A method of operation for a system for transmitting and receiving data within a network comprising:

dividing a file into dynamic data and static data by comparing at least one expiration parameter corresponding to each data part to a set threshold value;

transmitting a request for a file from an intelligent client;

receiving the file request by an intelligent server;

transmitting at least the dynamic data components of the requested file to the intelligent client;

, and

recombining the static components and the dynamic components of the requested file.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein the transmission of the static data components is by multicasting.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein the static data broadcasting steps further comprises:

(a) receiving a static data blocks of a data file;

(b) specifying a time interval;

(c) parsing said data file into a plurality of data blocks based on said time interval such that each data block is displayable during said time interval;

(d) determining a required number of time slots to send said data file, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(e) allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of said plurality of data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional data blocks, such that said plurality of data blocks is available in sequential order to a client accessing said data file during any time slot; and

(f) sending said plurality of data blocks based on said allocating step (e).

31. The method of claim 28 wherein parsing of the requested file into its static and dynamic data components is performed in real time.

32. The method of claim 28 wherein parsing of the requested file into its static and dynamic data components is performed in before the receipt of any data request.

33. A method of sending a file over a network from an originating node to a requesting client, comprising:

receiving a request for the file at an intermediate node;

providing a time insensitive component of the file to the client from the intermediate node; and

providing a time sensitive component of the file to the client from the originating node.

34. The method of claim 33 further comprising:

determining whether or not components of a file are time sensitive or time insensitive based on a comparison between a threshold value and a defined time value for each of the components.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein the threshold value is dependent on the load of the originating server.

36. The method of claim 33 further comprising the steps of:

determining at the intermediate node whether or not the client is adapted to receive time insensitive and time sensitive components; and

if the client is not so adapted,

passing the request for the file to a non-intelligent server.

37. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for parsing a data into its static and dynamic data components comprising:

code means for setting a threshold value for separating static data components and dynamic data components;

code means for obtaining expiration parameters for each data component of the data file;

code means for comparing each expiration parameter to the threshold value;

code means for identifying as dynamic data components the data components of the data that have an expiration value lower than the threshold value; and

code means for identifying as static data components the data components of the data that have an expiration value higher than the threshold value.

38. The computer program product of claim 37 wherein the threshold value is set based on a measurement of a load value of a file server storing the data file.

39. The computer program product of claim 37 wherein the threshold value of each file server can be independently set.

40. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for sending data from an intelligent server comprising:

receiving a data request from a client;

determining whether the client is intelligent;

parsing the data into static and dynamic components, wherein the static and dynamic components are separated based on a selected threshold value; and

transmitting the static components and the dynamic components of the data to an intelligent client.

41. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein the intelligent server parses the requested data into its static and dynamic components after a request is received.

42. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein the intelligent server parses the requested data into its static and dynamic components before any request is received.

43. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein the intelligent file server multicasts the static components of the requested data, and forwards the dynamic components of the requested data.

44. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein the intelligent file server broadcasts the static components of the requested data, and forwards the dynamic components of the requested data.

45. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein the intelligent file server forwards the static components and the dynamic components of the requested data.

46. The computer program product of claim 40 further comprising:

counting the number of requests from intelligent clients for a particular data file;

broadcasting the static data components of said data file to each intelligent client once a number of requests for a particular file surpasses a set value.

47. The computer program product of claim 46 wherein the static data components broadcasting further comprising:

(a) receiving a data file including static data components and dynamic data components;

(b) specifying a time interval;

(c) parsing the static data components into a plurality of static data blocks;

(d) determining a required number of time slots to send the data file, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(e) allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of said plurality of data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional data blocks, such that said plurality of data blocks is available to a client accessing said data file during any time slot; and

(f) sending said plurality of data blocks based on said allocating step (e).

48. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for processing data received from an intelligent server comprising:

sending a data request from an intelligent client to the intelligent server, wherein the intelligent server stores the static components and the dynamic components of the requested data, and wherein the intelligent server packetizes and transmits the static and dynamic components of the requested data upon;

receiving static data packets and dynamic data packets;

reconstructing the requested data from the received static data packets and dynamic data packets.

49. The computer program product of claim 48 including the step of receiving static data from a broadcast, further comprising:

(a) receiving a selection of a data file during a first time slot;

(b) receiving at least one data block of said data file during a second time slot; and

(c) during a next time slot;

(1) receiving any data block not already received;

(2) recombining the received data blocks to form the data file; and

(3) repeating step (c) until all data blocks of said data file have been received and recombined.

50. The computer program product of claim 49 wherein further comprising:

performing an error check; and

sending a request to resend the data blocks generating the error check.

51. The computer program product of claim 49 wherein the step of recombining of the data blocks does not start until after all the data files have been received.

52. The computer program product of claim 48 further including the steps of receiving the static data packets from a multicast.

54. The computer program product of claim 49 wherein said identification information is included in a header portion of the data packet.

55. The computer program product of claim 54 wherein the data packet is created based on TCP/IP protocol.

56. The computer program product of claim 55 wherein the header portion is the TCP information portion.

53. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for creating a data packet based on an intelligent protocol comprising:

including identifying information used for identifying the intelligent data protocol.

57. The computer program product of claim 53 wherein said identification information is included in the data portion of the data packet.

58. The computer program product of claim 57 wherein the data packet is created based on TCP/IP protocol.

59. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for processing a data request from an intelligent client connected to a network through a network service provider server, said computer program product comprising:

receiving a request for data from the intelligent client;

querying a cache server for static components of the requested data;

performing one of;

sending a request for static components and dynamic components of the data requested to an intelligent web server, if the static components of the requested data is not stored in the cache server and storing a copy of the static components of the requested data after it has been received, and

sending a request for the dynamic components of the data requested to an intelligent web server, if the static components of the requested data is stored in the cache server;

forwarding the dynamic components of the requested data received from the intelligent server to the intelligent client; and

multicasting the static components of the requested and received data.

60. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for responding to a data request from a client by an intelligent network connection providing server comprising:

receiving a file request from a client;

determining whether the client is intelligent;

sending a static components of the requested data to the client;

forwarding a request for at least a dynamic components of the requested data;

receiving at least the dynamic components of the requested data; and

transmitting at least the dynamic data to the client.

61. The computer program product of claim 60 wherein the data request is from a non-intelligent client.

62. The computer program product of claim 61 further comprising:

passing the data request to a non-intelligent server.

63. The computer program product of claim 60 wherein multicasting of the static components is further comprising:

(a) specifying a time interval;

(b) parsing the static components into a plurality of static data blocks;

(c) determining a required number of time slots to send the static components, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(d) allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of the plurality of static data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional static data blocks; and

(e) sending the plurality of static data blocks based on said allocating step (d).

64. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for transmitting and receiving data within a network comprising:

dividing a file into dynamic data and static data by comparing at least one expiration parameter corresponding to each data part to a set threshold value;

transmitting a request for a file from an intelligent client;

receiving the file request by an intelligent server;

transmitting at least the dynamic data components of the requested file to the intelligent client; and

recombining the static components and the dynamic components of the requested file.

65. The computer program product of claim 64 wherein the transmission of the static data components is by multicasting.

66. The computer program product of claim 65 wherein the static data broadcasting steps further comprises:

(a) receiving a static data blocks of a data file;

(b) specifying a time interval;

(c) parsing said data file into a plurality of data blocks based on said time interval such that each data block is displayable during said time interval;

(d) determining a required number of time slots to send said data file, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(e) allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of said plurality of data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional data blocks, such that said plurality of data blocks is available in sequential order to a client accessing said data file during any time slot; and

(f) sending said plurality of data blocks based on said allocating step (e).

67. The computer program product of claim 64 wherein parsing of the requested file into its static and dynamic data components is performed in real time.

68. The computer program product of claim 64 wherein parsing of the requested file into its static and dynamic data components is performed in before the receipt of any data request.

69. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for sending a file over a network from an originating node to a requesting client, comprising:

receiving a request for the file at an intermediate node;

providing a time insensitive component of the file to the client from the intermediate node; and

providing a time sensitive component of the file to the client from the originating node.

70. The computer program product of claim 69 further comprising:

determining whether or not components of a file are time sensitive or time insensitive based on a comparison between a threshold value and a defined time value for each of the components.

71. The computer program product of claim 70 wherein the threshold value is dependent on the load of the originating server.

72. An apparatus for parsing a data into its static and dynamic data components comprising:

means for setting a threshold value for separating static data components and dynamic data components;

means for obtaining expiration parameters for each data component of the data file;

means for comparing each expiration parameter to the threshold value;

means for identifying as dynamic data components the data components of the data that have an expiration value lower than the threshold value; and

means for identifying as static data components the data components of the data that have an expiration value higher than the threshold value.

73. The apparatus of claim 72 wherein the threshold value is set based on a measurement of a load value of a file server storing the data file.

74. The apparatus of claim 72 wherein the threshold value of each file server can be independently set.

75. An apparatus for sending data from an intelligent server comprising:

means for receiving a data request from a client;

means for determining whether the client is intelligent;

means for parsing the data into static and dynamic components, wherein the static and dynamic components are separated based on a selected threshold value; and

means for transmitting the static components and the dynamic components of the data to an intelligent client.

76. The apparatus of claim 75 wherein the intelligent server parses the requested data into its static and dynamic components after a request is received.

77. The apparatus of claim 75 wherein the intelligent server parses the requested data into its static and dynamic components before any request is received.

78. The apparatus of claim 75 wherein the intelligent file server multicasts the static components of the requested data, and forwards the dynamic components of the requested data.

79. The apparatus of claim 75 wherein the intelligent file server broadcasts the static components of the requested data, and forwards the dynamic components of the requested data.

80. The apparatus of claim 75 wherein the intelligent file server forwards the static components and the dynamic components of the requested data.

81. The apparatus of claim 75 further comprising:

means for counting the number of requests from intelligent clients for a particular data file;

means for broadcasting the static data components of said data file to each intelligent client once a number of requests for a particular file surpasses a set value.

82. The apparatus of claim 81 wherein the static data components broadcasting further comprising:

(a) means for receiving a data file including static data components and dynamic data components;

(b) means for specifying a time interval;

(c) means for parsing the static data components into a plurality of static data blocks;

(d) means for determining a required number of time slots to send the data file, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(e) means for allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of said plurality of data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional data blocks, such that said plurality of data blocks is available to a client accessing said data file during any time slot; and

(f) means for sending said plurality of data blocks based on said allocating step (e).

83. An apparatus for processing data received from an intelligent server comprising:

means for sending a data request from an intelligent client to the intelligent server, wherein the intelligent server stores the static components and the dynamic components of the requested data, and wherein the intelligent server packetizes and transmits the static and dynamic components of the requested data upon;

means for receiving static data packets and dynamic data packets;

means for reconstructing the requested data from the received static data packets and dynamic data packets.

84. The apparatus of claim 83 including the step of receiving static data from a broadcast, further comprising:

(a) means for receiving a selection of a data file during a first time slot;

(b) means for receiving at least one data block of said data file during a second time slot; and

(c) means for during a next time slot;

(1) means for receiving any data block not already received;

(2) means for recombining the received data blocks to form the data file; and

(3) means for repeating step (c) until all data blocks of said data file have been received and recombined.

85. The apparatus of claim 84 wherein further comprising:

means for performing an error check; and

means for sending a request to resend the data blocks generating the error check.

86. The apparatus of claim 84 wherein the step of recombining of the data blocks does not start until after all the data files have been received.

87. The apparatus of claim 86 further including the steps of receiving the static data packets from a multicast.

88. An apparatus for creating a data packet based on an intelligent protocol comprising:

means for including identifying information used for identifying the intelligent data protocol.

89. The apparatus of claim 88 wherein said identification information is included in a header portion of the data packet.

90. The apparatus of claim 89 wherein the data packet is created based on TCP/IP protocol.

91. The apparatus of claim 90 wherein the header portion is the TCP information portion.

92. The apparatus of claim 88 wherein said identification information is included in the data portion of the data packet.

93. The apparatus of claim 92 wherein the data packet is created based on TCP/IP protocol.

94. An apparatus for processing a data request from an intelligent client connected to a network through a network service provider server, said method comprising:

means for receiving a request for data from the intelligent client;

means for querying a cache server for static components of the requested data;

means for performing one of;

means for sending a request for static components and dynamic components of the data requested to an intelligent web server, if the static components of the requested data is not stored in the cache server and storing a copy of the static components of the requested data after it has been received, and

means for sending a request for the dynamic components of the data requested to an intelligent web server, if the static components of the requested data is stored in the cache server;

means for forwarding the dynamic components of the requested data received from the intelligent server to the intelligent client; and

means for multicasting the static components of the requested and received data.

95. An apparatus for responding to a data request from a client by an intelligent network connection providing server comprising:

means for receiving a file request from a client;

means for determining whether the client is intelligent;

means for sending a static components of the requested data to the client;

forwarding a request for at least a dynamic components of the requested data;

means for receiving at least the dynamic components of the requested data; and

means for transmitting at least the dynamic data to the client.

96. The apparatus of claim 95 wherein the data request is from a non-intelligent client.

97. The apparatus of claim 96 further comprising:

means for passing the data request to a non-intelligent server.

98. The apparatus of claim 95 wherein multicasting of the static components is further comprising:

(a) means for specifying a time interval;

(b) means for parsing the static components into a plurality of static data blocks;

(c) means for determining a required number of time slots to send the static components, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(d) means for allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of the plurality of static data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional static data blocks; and

(e) means for sending the plurality of static data blocks based on said allocating step (d).

99. An apparatus for operation for a system for transmitting and receiving data within a network comprising:

means for dividing a file into dynamic data and static data by comparing at least one expiration parameter corresponding to each data part to a set threshold value;

means for transmitting a request for a file from an intelligent client;

means for receiving the file request by an intelligent server;

means for transmitting at least the dynamic data components of the requested file to the intelligent client; and

means for recombining the static components and the dynamic components of the requested file.

100. The apparatus of claim 99 wherein the transmission of the static data components is by multicasting.

101. The apparatus of claim 100 wherein the static data broadcasting steps further comprises:

(a) means for receiving a static data blocks of a data file;

(b) means for specifying a time interval;

(c) means for parsing said data file into a plurality of data blocks based on said time interval such that each data block is displayable during said time interval;

(d) means for determining a required number of time slots to send said data file, wherein each of said time slot has a duration substantially equal to said time interval;

(e) means for allocating to each time slot at least;

(1) a first of said plurality of data blocks; and

(2) optionally one or more additional data blocks, such that said plurality of data blocks is available in sequential order to a client accessing said data file during any time slot; and

(f) means for sending said plurality of data blocks based on said allocating step (e).

102. The apparatus of claim 99 wherein parsing of the requested file into its static and dynamic data components is performed in real time.

103. The apparatus of claim 99 wherein parsing of the requested file into its static and dynamic data components is performed in before the receipt of any data request.

104. An apparatus for sending a file over a network from an originating node to a requesting client, comprising:

means for receiving a request for the file at an intermediate node;

means for providing a time insensitive component of the file to the client from the intermediate node; and

means for providing a time sensitive component of the file to the client from the originating node.

105. The apparatus of claim 104 further comprising:

means for determining whether or not components of a file are time sensitive or time insensitive based on a comparison between a threshold value and a defined time value for each of the components.

106. The apparatus of claim 105 wherein the threshold value is dependent on the load of the originating server.

107. The apparatus of claim 104 further comprising the steps of:

means for determining at the intermediate node whether or not the client is adapted to receive time insensitive and time sensitive components; and

if the client is not so adapted,

means for passing the request for the file to a non-intelligent server.