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DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM

  • US 20110137971A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2010
  • Published: 06/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of collecting data into a server from a plurality of client computers each having a storage unit, the method comprising the steps of:

  • reconstructing a collection network in a tree structure at predetermined time intervals, the collection network having the server acting as a highest node and the plurality of client computers acting as child nodes every time the data is collected;

    the server broadcasting a parent-child declaration to the child nodes on the basis of the collection network;

    each of the nodes generating an identifier association table upon receipt of the parent-child declaration, the identifier association table recording therein association of transmitted and received data; and

    each of the nodes recording the association of transmitted and received data to the identifier association table when transferring the data to a parent node thereof on the basis of the collection network.

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