Systems and methods for data transfer

• US 20080098082A1
• Filed: 10/18/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: Liu, Teng-Chieh, Chang, An-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US11/582,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098082A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1078 Resource delivery mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1093 Some peer nodes performing special functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

A computer system is disclosed. The system comprises a connection interface, a download device and at least one first computer device. The first computer device generates a script file. The download device, coupled to the first computer device via the connection interface, comprises a processing unit, a network interface and a storage unit. When the download device and the first computer device are disconnected, the processing unit is capable of finding and performing at least one corresponding download instruction according to the content of the script file. Downloaded data is then stored in the storage unit.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

at least one first computer device generating a script file;

a connection interface; and

a download device coupled to the first computer device through the connection interface, comprising;

a processing unit;

a network interface; and

a storage unit;

wherein, when the download device and the first computer device are disconnected, the processing unit can execute at least one download instruction in the storage unit according to the content of the script file, generating and storing downloaded data in the storage unit after the download instruction is completed.

2. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first computer device further comprises a user interface generating the script file.

3. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a plurality of computer devices accessing the download result through the connection interface.

4. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network interface further comprises wired and wireless network interfaces.

5. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing unit is a SOPC (system on programmable chip).

6. The computer system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the SOPC further comprises an ARM processor.

7. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the download device further comprises:

a receiving antenna receiving a DVB (digital video broadcasting) program signal; and

a signal processing unit processing the received DVB signal.

8. The computer system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the signal processing unit further comprises a DVB signal processing module.

9. The computer system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the signal processing unit further comprises a cable TV signal processing module.

10. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the download instruction is a P2P (peer to peer) download instruction.

11. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the download instruction is a DVB recording download instruction.

12. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection interface is a USB or network interface.

13. The computer system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage unit comprises a SRAM, a FLASH memory and a hard disk.

14. A data transfer method, comprising:

a first computer device generating a script file;

locating and performing a corresponding download instruction in a download device according to the content of the script file when the download device and the first computer device are disconnected; and

storing downloaded data from a network in the download device after the download instruction is completed.

15. The data transfer method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising powering off the first computer device after the first computer device sends the script file.

16. The data transfer method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising accessing the download result by at least one second computer.

17. The data transfer method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising providing an user interface to generate the script file.

18. The data transfer method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising performing P2P download instruction if the script file is a P2P script file, and performing DVB recording download instruction if the script file is a DVB recording script file.

19. The data transfer method as claimed in claim 14, wherein a processing unit of the download device performs the download instruction, and the corresponding download instruction and the download result are stored in a storage unit of the download device.