Method and apparatus to distribute data

• US 20030188011A1
• Filed: 03/29/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Deshpande, Nikhil M., Yarne, Jeffrey G.
• Application Number:
  US10/109,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20030188011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the claimed subject matter, a method and an apparatus to distribute data is provided, wherein the method includes examining the payload portion of the electronic data to determine whether and where to transmit the electronic data.

Claims

1. A method to transmit electronic data having a header portion and a payload portion, comprising:

examining the payload portion of the electronic data to determine where to transmit the electronic data; and

transmitting the electronic data to a device based on the examining of the payload portion of the electronic data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the electronic data to the device when status of the device indicates that the device is capable of processing the payload portion of the electronic data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the electronic data from a second device to the device when information stored in the second device indicates that the device is to receive the electronic data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting comprises transmitting the electronic data during or after examining the payload portion of the electronic data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting comprises transmitting the electronic data using a wireless network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting comprises routing the electronic data using a private network.

7. The method of claim 1, further including receiving the electronic data at a second device using a public network and wherein transmitting comprises transmitting the electronic data from the second device to the device using a private network.

8. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions, that, when executed by a computing platform, result in:

examining electronic data having a header portion and a payload portion; and

determining which device of at least two devices to transfer the electronic data based on the payload portion of the data.

9. The article of claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed, further result in:

receiving status of a device of the at least two devices and wherein examining comprises;

examining the status of the device; and

transferring the electronic data to the device during or after examining the status of the device and the payload portion of the electronic data.

10. The article of claim 9, wherein transmitting includes routing the electronic data using a private network.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

circuitry adapted to route an electronic message having a header portion and a content portion based on the content portion of the electronic message, wherein the electronic message is routed from the circuitry to a device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is further adapted to transmit the electronic message from the circuitry after examining the content portion of the electronic message.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a transceiver coupled to the circuitry and adapted to receive the electronic message and adapted to receive status of the device, wherein the circuitry is adapted to route the electronic message to the device using the transceiver after examining the status of the device and after examining the content portion of the electronic message.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transceiver is adapted to receive the electronic message using a public network and is adapted to route the electronic message to the device using a private network.

15. A system to distribute data having a header portion and a content portion, comprising:

a wireless device adapted to examine the content portion of the data to determine whether to transmit the data from the wireless device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device is further adapted to receive the data using a public network.

17. The system of claim 15, further including a second wireless device adapted to receive the data from the wireless device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the second wireless device is further adapted to receive the data from the wireless device using a private network.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the wireless device is further adapted to transmit the data to the second wireless device after examining the content portion of the data and after examining status of the second wireless device.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the wireless device is further adapted to transmit the data to the second wireless device after determining if the second electronic device is capable of processing the content portion of the data.

21. A method to transfer electronic data having a header portion and a payload portion, comprising:

determining which device of at least two devices to transfer the electronic data based on the payload portion of the data.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

further comprising transferring the electronic data to a device of the at least two devices when status of the device indicates that the device is capable of processing the payload portion of the electronic data.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein transferring comprises transmitting the electronic data using a wireless network.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein transferring comprises routing the electronic data using a private network.