Real-time data management for a network comprising a heterogeneous set of terminals, server and main terminal for such a system

• US 20040037412A1
• Filed: 06/24/2003
• Published: 02/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Le Corre, Herve
• Application Number:
  US10/451,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20040037412A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/220.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The invention concerns a data management system, for a local data transmission network (10) comprising terminals (8, 12, 14, 16, 18) with different data processing capabilities, including: first means (38) for determining the local network (10) terminal composition and their data processing capability; means (24) for analysing data transmitted to said local network; second means (26) for determining terminal(s) most suited for processing said data, based on the data processing capability of each of them; and means (28) for routing said data to the terminal(s) most suited as previously determined.

Claims

1. Data management system for a local data transmission network (10) comprising terminals (8, 12, 14, 16, 18) having different data processing capacities, characterised in that at the level of the local network (10) it comprises first means (38) for determination of the composition of the local network (10) in terms of terminals and the data processing capacity of the terminals, connected by an external network (4) to:

means (24) for analysis of the data to be transmitted destined for the said local network (10);

second means (26) for determination of the most appropriate terminal or terminals for the processing of these data as a function of the data processing capacity of each of them, determined by the first means (38) for determination and data delivered by the means (24) for analysis of the data to be transmitted; and

means (28) for routing of these data enabling them to be transmitted directly to the most appropriate terminal or terminals as determined previously.

2. Data management system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the transmitted data destined for the local network (10) comprise several data portions of specific sizes and formats for each of them, and that the second means for determination (26) are means for determination, for each of these data portions, of the most appropriate terminal (8, 12, 14, 16, 18) for the processing of this data portion as a function of the data processing capacity of each of the terminals, the said routing means (28) being adapted to transmit each data portion directly to the most appropriate terminal as determined previously.

3. Data management system as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the means (26) for analysis of the transmitted data destined for the local network (10) are means for analysis of formats and of sizes associated with these data.

4. Data management system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the terminals (8, 12, 14, 16, 18) are of different kinds.

5. Data management system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the local data transmission network (10) comprises a predetermined main terminal (8) connected to the said external data transmission network (4).

6. Data management system as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that it comprises means (30) for transmission of data originating from some of the terminals of the local network (10) to storage means (7) which are accessible by the external network (4).

7. Data management system as claimed in claim 5 or 6, characterised in that the first means for determination (38) are associated with means (32) for automatic constitution of the local network (10) comprising:

means (34) for detection of terminals (12, 14, 16, 18) within a predetermined vicinity of the main terminal (8); and

means (36) for connection of these terminals and of the main terminal to one another.

8. Data management system as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that the means (32) for automatic constitution of the local network (10) comprise means for activation of the first means for determination (34), from the time of the appearance of a change in the composition of this local network.

9. Data management system as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 8, characterised in that the main terminal (8) is a mobile terminal.

10. Data management system as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 9, characterised in that the main terminal (8) comprises means (32) for automatic constitution of the local network (10) and means for transmission of the composition of the local network (10) in terms of terminals to the second means (26) for determination of the most appropriate terminal or terminals.

11. Data management system as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 10, characterised in that it further comprises a server (2), connected to the external network (4), comprising means for analysis (24), the second means (26) for determination of the most appropriate terminal or terminals, the means for routing (28) and means (22) for data searching on the Web (6) as a function of a request transmitted by the main terminal (8).

12. Server for a data management system as claimed in claim 11, characterised in that it is connected to the external network (4), comprising means for analysis (24), the second means (26) for determination of the most appropriate terminal or terminals, the means for routing (28) and means (22) for data searching on the Web (6) as a function of a request transmitted by the main terminal (8).

13. Main terminal for a data management system as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 11, characterised in that it is connected to the external data transmission network (4) and that it comprises means (32) for automatic constitution of the local network (10) and means for transmission of the composition of the local network (10) in terms of terminals to the second means (26) for determination of the most appropriate terminal or terminals.