A METHOD, A SYSTEM, A SERVER, A DEVICE, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN A COMPUTER NETWORK

• US 20130232224A1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Bauer, Markus, Oberle, Karsten, Sienel, Jurgen, Kessler, Marcus
• Granted Patent: US 9,392,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, wherein a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link is selected (203) from devices of said computer network, a computer program adapted to process said data, is transferred (204) to said device and said data is processed (206) by said device by executing said computer program.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, wherein a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link is selected (203) from devices of said computer network, a computer program adapted to process said data, is transferred (204) to said device and said data is processed (206) by said device by executing said computer program.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a data format for transmitting said data via said section is selected (200), in particular by a server, from predetermined data formats depending on information about said computer network, in particular bandwidth of the processing, bandwidth of the data links, latency or cost, wherein said computer program is adapted to send said data in said data format, and said data is sent (206) in said data format by executing said computer program on said device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said computer program is selected (202) from predetermined computer programs, in particular by a server, depending on information about said computer network, in particular bandwidth of the processing, bandwidth of the data links, latency or cost.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said device is selected (203), in particular by a server, depending on information about said computer network, in particular bandwidth of the processing, bandwidth of the data links, latency or cost.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein if a predetermined condition is fulfilled (207), said computer program is transferred to said device, in particular from a storage, execution of said computer program is started on said device, in particular upon completion of said transfer, said data is determined by said computer program, and said data is sent from said device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said data is transmitted to said device in a predetermined first data format, said data is transmitted from said device in a predetermined second data format, and said computer program is adapted to receive said data in said predetermined first data format and to determine said data in said predetermined second data format.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said device or said computer program are selected depending on information about said data.

8. A system for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, wherein a server is adapted to select (203) a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link from devices of said computer network, to transfer (204) a computer program adapted to process said data, in particular send said data in a predetermined data format, to said device, and said device is adapted to execute said computer program and to process (206) said data, in particular send said data in said predetermined data format, by executing said computer program.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein said device is adapted to receive said computer program and to start execution of said computer program upon completion of the transfer of said computer program to said device.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein said data is transmitted to said device in a predetermined first data format, said data is transmitted from said device in a predetermined second data format, and said computer program is adapted to receive said data in said predetermined second data format and to determine said data in said predetermined first data format.

11. A server for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, adapted to select (203) a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link from predetermined devices of said computer network, to transfer (204) a computer program adapted to process (206) said data, in particular send said data in a predetermined data format, to said device.

12. The server according to claim 11, wherein said server is adapted to determine whether a predetermined condition is fulfilled and to transfer (204) said computer program to said device if said predetermined condition is fulfilled.

13. A device for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, adapted to receive a computer program, to start execution of said computer program, in particular upon completion of the transfer of said computer program to said device, and to process (206) said data, in particular send said data in said predetermined data format, by executing said computer program.

14. A computer program for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, wherein said computer program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to select (203) a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link from devices of said computer network, transfer (204) a computer program adapted to process said data to said device and process (206) said data on said device by executing said computer program.

15. A computer program product for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program, wherein said computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to select (203) a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link from devices of said computer network, transfer (204) a computer program adapted to process said data to said device and process (206) said data on said device by executing said computer program.