Automated Remote Site Downloading On A Geographic Drive
First Claim
1. A method for remote side downloading (RSD) comprising:
- establishing a session between a local computer and a content server having a URL;
selecting a content file to be downloaded from the content server;
selecting a remote site geographic drive to which the content file is to be downloaded from the content server;
receiving at least one cookie of the session;
packing information comprising the cookie of the session and the URL;
sending the packed information to a remote site computer;
wherein the remote site computer uses the packed information to download the selected content file to the selected geographic drive.
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Abstract
A remote site downloading system is disclosed in which a local computer establishes a session with a content server, and a content file and geographic destination drive are selected. The local computer is typically on a first access network and the user wishes to have the file downloaded to a geographic drive, i.e., a remote site computer whose location and other properties are mapped in a mapping file on the local computer. The geographic drive is usually on a different access network in a dynamic location such as a hotspot or a fixed location such as broadband cable or DSL. The local computer is specially programmed to allow selection of the geographic target drive, pack information comprising cookies and a URL, and sends it to the remote geographic drive computer, where it may act as a proxy to cause downloading from the content server to the geographic drive on the remote site computer.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for remote side downloading (RSD) comprising:
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establishing a session between a local computer and a content server having a URL;
selecting a content file to be downloaded from the content server;
selecting a remote site geographic drive to which the content file is to be downloaded from the content server;
receiving at least one cookie of the session;
packing information comprising the cookie of the session and the URL;
sending the packed information to a remote site computer;
wherein the remote site computer uses the packed information to download the selected content file to the selected geographic drive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24)
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22. A system for remote site downloading (RSD) comprising a local computer adapted to enable selection of a geographic drive and for packing information comprising a session cookie and a URL and sending the packed information to a remote site computer for automatic downloading of a content file selected during a session between the computer and a content server.
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25. A system for facilitating remote site downloading (RSD) of a content file selected using a first computer from a content web server for downloading to a remote computer geographic drive comprising
programming in the first computer comprising a browser RSD plug-in which enables identification of a remote computer geographic drive for receiving and storing the selected content file, packs information comprising a cookie, and sends the packed information comprising the cookie to the remote computer, the packed information comprising a cookie functioning to cause the remote computer to automatically requested the content web server to download the content file to the geographic drive.
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26. A system for facilitating the transferring a content file from a web content server to a geographic drive on a remote site computer comprising means for providing a proxy comprising a cookie and a URL which controls the downloading of the content file from the web content server;
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means for transmitting the proxy to the remote site computer.
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28. A plug-in program for a web browser to be employed on a local computer, the plug-in program enabling transfer of a content requesting session between the local computer and a content web server by packing information comprising one or more cookies received on the local computer from the content web server and a URL for the requested file on the content web server, and sending the packed information by instant messenger, an e-mail with the information attached, or an HTTP request.
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