MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTER NETWORK UTILIZING MULTIPOINT PARALLEL SERVER (MPAS) WITH ENHANCED PERSONAL STORAGE DEVICE (E-PSD)

• US 20090094650A1
• Filed: 12/09/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ronnie G. Carmichael
• Original Assignee: Ronnie G. Carmichael
• Inventors: Carmichael, Ronnie G.
• Application Number:
  US12/330,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20090094650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/92
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks

Abstract

A system for enhanced network communications is provided. The system includes a data management section configured for connection to and to receive data packets from a CATV content provider, a telephony service provider, a telephony subscriber, an Internet, a WAN, a MAN or a LAN, and configured for connection to a network transmission equipment or a broadcast equipment of a service provider. The data management section includes a hardware broadcast routing device. The broadcast routing device includes a plurality of ports, and the broadcast routing device is configured to route the data packets in parallel over the plurality of ports to the network transmission equipment or the broadcast equipment of the service provider. A computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a data management section and a method for enhanced network communications are also provided.

Claims

1. A system for enhanced network communications comprising a data management section configured for connection to and to receive data packets from at least one of a CATV content provider, a telephony service provider, a telephony subscriber, an Internet, a WAN, a MAN and a LAN, and configured for connection to at least one of a network transmission equipment and a broadcast equipment of a service provider, the data management section comprising:

at least one hardware broadcast routing device, wherein the at least one broadcast routing device comprises a plurality of ports, and wherein the at least one hardware broadcast routing device is configured to route the data packets in parallel over the plurality of ports to the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data management section further comprises:

a data management unit connected to the at least one broadcast routing device configured to process the data packets for parallel routing through the broadcast routing device to the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one broadcast routing device comprises a plurality of broadcast routing devices connected to the data management unit.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one broadcast routing device is connected to the data management unit at least one of directly via a direct physical connection and remotely via a high speed connection.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider; and

a user transceiver configured to receive data transmitted in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the user transceiver is further configured to transmit and receive data serially.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider; and

a user transceiver configured to receive and transmit data in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from and to the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the user transceiver is configured to store, retrieve and reassemble data received in parallel implementing at least one of RAID and virtual memory configurations.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider is configured for satellite uplink.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider is configured to provide data-on-demand to a service subscriber.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider;

a plurality of tuners configured to receive parallel data from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider;

a switching circuit connected to the plurality of tuners and configured to associate a range of channels to each one of the plurality of tuners; and

a CPU connected to the switching circuit;

wherein the switching circuit is configured to control the each one of the plurality of tuners to switch channels upon receipt of at least one clock pulse of the CPU.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the broadcast routing device is configured to transmit one data channel through each of the plurality of ports.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider;

a user transceiver configured to receive data transmitted in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider; and

a switch connected to the user transceiver, configured for selectively passing data to a recording device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the user transceiver is further configured to receive data serially from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, and the user transceiver is configured to store, access and process received data;

and wherein the user transceiver is further configured to transmit data serially and in parallel to the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising authorization equipment connected to the user transceiver configured to receive an authorization code or signal from the received data and configured to operate the switch based on at least one of a receipt of the authorization code or signal and a non-receipt of the authorization code or signal.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the authorization equipment comprises at least one electronic signaling device, and at least one signal recognition or reception device, and wherein the authorization equipment is configured to operate the switch based upon at least one of a signal input and the absence of a signal input.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the authorization equipment comprises an RF transmitter and the switch comprises an RF receiver, and wherein the authorization equipment is configured to operate the switch using an RF signal.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising a multipoint parallel server distributed network connected to the data management section and configured to transmit the data packets, comprising at least one of files and file segments, to the data management section, the multipoint parallel server distributed network comprising:

a plurality of servers configured for distributed storage of the at least one of the files and the file segments, and configured for parallel output of the data packets comprising the at least one of the files and the file segments; and

a system resource unit connected to the plurality of servers and in communication with a local database including a listing of the at least one of the files and the file segments, and associated addresses, accessible through the plurality of servers, wherein the system resource unit is configured to allocate the at least one of the files and the file segments among the plurality of servers and update the local database, and wherein the system resource unit is configured to access the at least one of the files and the file segments, to control the transfer of the data packets comprising the at least one of the files and the file segments to the data management section, and to verify receipt by the data management section of the data packets comprising the at least one of the files and the file segments.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the system resource unit is connected to a plurality of LANs comprising the plurality of servers, the plurality of LANs being configured for distributed storage and parallel output of the data packets.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the plurality of LANs are connected to the data management section and configured for parallel output of the data packets to the data management section.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the system resource unit is connected to the data management section and configured for transfer of the data packets to the data management section.

22. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, wherein the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider comprises at least one server system configured to implement at least one of FTP, HTTP, NNTP, and SNTP protocols; and

a user transceiver including a plurality of ports configured to receive data transmitted in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, wherein the user transceiver is configured to;

initiate a TCP/IP session;

create a primary buffer;

connect to the at least one server system;

create a plurality of subordinate buffers, wherein each of the plurality of subordinate buffers corresponds to at least one of the plurality of ports of the user transceiver;

establish a plurality of connections for the TCP/IP session and transmit to the at least one server system IP information comprising an amount of the plurality of ports of the user transceiver associated with the TCP/IP session;

receive into the subordinate buffer the data packets from at least one directory on the at least one server system;

transmit the data packets from the plurality of subordinate buffers to the primary buffer; and

assemble the data packets using the primary buffer.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider;

a user device configured to access, store and process at least one of files and file segments from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider; and

a switch connected to the user device, configured for data viewing, accessing, or selectively passing data to at least one other device or at least one network.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the user device comprises at least one of a wireless telephone, a CATV set-top box, satellite set-top receiver and a personal computer.

25. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, wherein the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider comprises at least one server system configured to implement at least one of FTP, HTTP, NNTP, and SNTP protocols; and

a multipoint parallel server distributed network connected to the data management section and configured to transmit the data packets, comprising at least one of files and file segments, to the data management section, the multipoint parallel server distributed network comprising a system resource unit connected to a plurality of memory units;

wherein the multipoint parallel server distributed network is configured to;

store the at least one file as at least one of a plurality of files and a plurality of file segments in the plurality of memory units; and

access the at least one of the plurality of files and the plurality of file segments in the plurality of memory units and transmit the at least one of the plurality of files and the plurality of file segments from the memory units in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels to a user transceiver through the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider utilizing TCP/IP protocol.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the system resource unit is further configured to manage data flow, data verification and data correction through the at least one of the multiple frequencies and the multiple channels.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the multipoint parallel server distributed network comprises a plurality of LANs comprising the plurality of memory units.

28. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, wherein the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider comprises at least one system configured to implement Voice over IP (VoIP) protocol; and

a user transceiver including a plurality of ports configured to at least one of send and receive data transmitted in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, wherein the user transceiver is configured to initiate or accept a VoIP session, maintain a VoIP session, and end a VoIP session pursuant to protocol.

29. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider; and

a user transceiver configured to receive data transmitted in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider;

wherein the user transceiver is configured to download, from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, and store a digital stamp having permission information associated with downloaded data, and wherein the user transceiver is configured to access the digital stamp to determine a permission setting of the associated downloaded data prior to at least one of access and play the downloaded data.

30. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider; and

a user transceiver configured to receive data transmitted in parallel through at least one of multiple frequencies and multiple channels from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider;

wherein the user transceiver is configured to download, from the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider, and store a digital stamp having permission information associated with downloaded data, and

wherein the user transceiver is configured to access the digital stamp to determine a permission setting of the associated downloaded data prior to at least one of accessing and playing the downloaded data, wherein the downloaded data comprises at least one of a movie, a song, a music video, and a computer program.

31. A computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a data management section to implement a method, the data management section being configured for connection to and to receive data packets from at least one of a CATV content provider, a telephony service provider, a telephony subscriber, an Internet, a WAN, a MAN and a LAN, and configured for connection to at least one of a network transmission equipment and a broadcast equipment of a service provider, the method comprising:

configuring a plurality of ports; and

routing the data packets in parallel over the plurality of ports to the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.

32. A method for enhanced network communications comprising:

providing a data management section configured for connection to at least one of a CATV content provider, a telephony service provider, a telephony subscriber, an Internet, a WAN, a MAN and a LAN, and configured for connection to at least one of a network transmission equipment and a broadcast equipment of a service provider;

receiving with the data management section data packets from the at least one of the CATV content provider, the telephony service provider, the telephony subscriber, the Internet, the WAN, the MAN and the LAN;

configuring the data management section with a plurality of ports; and

routing the data packets with the data management section in parallel over the plurality of ports to the at least one of the network transmission equipment and the broadcast equipment of the service provider.