System, method and apparatus for downloading data

• US 20070050474A1
• Filed: 08/29/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Lai, Cheng-Shing, Shu, Xiaobo
• Application Number:
  US11/511,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A downloading system includes a computing device for providing a configuring data, a downloading apparatus coupled electrically to the computing device for conducting downloading operation according to the configuring data in order to download the data via the Internet, and a storage unit coupled electrically to the downloading apparatus for storing the data.

Claims

1. A downloading system for downloading data, comprising:

a computing device for providing a configuring data, said configuring data including a default condition set according to specific downloading requirements;

a downloading apparatus coupled electrically to said computing device for conducting downloading operation according to said default condition of said configuring data in order to download the data via the Internet; and

a storage unit coupled electrically to said downloading apparatus for storing the data.

2. The downloading system according to claim 1, wherein said storage unit is a hard disk.

3. The downloading system according to claim 1, wherein said configuring data is provided in advance by said computing device.

4. The downloading system according to claim 1, wherein said configuring data comprises an IP (Internet Protocol) address.

5. A method for downloading data, comprising:

(a) configuring a computing device so that said computing device is capable of providing a configuring data, said configuring data including a default condition for performing predetermined functions;

(b) configuring a downloading apparatus for conducting downloading operation according to said default condition of said configuring data in order to download the data via the Internet, said downloading apparatus being coupled electrically to said computing device; and

(c) configuring a storage unit for storing the data, said storage unit being coupled electrically to said downloading apparatus.

6. The downloading method according to claim 5, further comprising a step (d) providing at least one hard disk for serving as said storage unit.

7. The downloading method according to claim 5, wherein said configuring data is provided in advance by said computing device.

8. The downloading method according to claim 5, further comprising a step (e) providing at least one IP address serving as said configuring data.

9. A downloading apparatus for electrically coupling a computing device and a storage unit, comprising:

a control unit for receiving a configuring data from the computing device;

a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing said configuring data;

an operation interface for receiving a download command; and

a transmission interface for connecting to the Internet;

wherein, said control unit downloads a piece of data according to said download command and said configuring data via the Internet in order to store said data within the storage unit.

10. The downloading apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said control unit includes a preset function for setting up a default condition.

11. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is setup according to a communication protocol condition.

12. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is setup according to a timing condition.

13. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is a maximum downloading or uploading speed of said data.

14. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is a maximum connection load.

15. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is to conduct or suspend an uploading operation after finishing said downloading operation.

16. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is a priority for downloading.

17. The downloading apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said default condition is a time schedule for automatically booting or shutting the downloading apparatus.

18. The downloading apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said control unit executes a shutting operation via a shutting command which is generated once said control unit recognizes a finishing signal for finishing a downloading operation of the data, recognizes a time schedule for shutting the downloading apparatus, receives a shutting signal of said transmission interface, receives an attack signal of said transmission interface, receives a storage signal indicating insufficient storage space in said storage unit, or receives a damage signal indicating ruin of said storage unit.

19. The downloading apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said shutting operation is to break off the communication between said transmission interface and the Internet, and between the computing device and said hard disk.

20. The downloading apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said control unit includes a monitor function for monitoring downloading operation of the data such that an error encountered during said downloading operation is recorded within said temporary storage unit.