ADAPTIVE DATA TRANSFER OPTIMIZATION

• US 20170111477A1
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: DAVIS, Edmund A., ROWLES, Brian C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,582,012 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/36 by determining packet size, e.g. maximum transfer unit [MTU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A system transfers data for an application. The system determines a per request data size, and sends a data transfer request for transferring a portion of the data from a client to a server according to the per request data size, where the server is configured to host the application. The system then receives a response from the server for the data transfer request, and adjusts the per request data size based on a measure of the data transfer request and the response. The adjusted per request data size is configured to be used for sending other portions of the data from the client to the server.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to transfer data for an application, the transferring comprising:

determining a per request data size;

sending a data transfer request for transferring a portion of the data from a client to a server according to the per request data size, wherein the server is configured to host the application;

receiving a response from the server for the data transfer request; and

adjusting the per request data size based on a measure of the data transfer request and the response, wherein the adjusted per request data size is configured to be used for sending other portions of the data from the client to the server.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the application is developed on the client and implements the data.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the application is executed on the client and updates the data.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the application is integrated with a native application at the client, wherein the data is configured by the native application.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the native application is a desktop based application.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the native application is Microsoft Excel, wherein the data is configured in a spreadsheet.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data transfer request is configured to persist changes in a model of the data at the server.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data transfer request comprises one or more upload or download requests.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the data transfer request further comprises one or more commit requests.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a table, wherein the per request data size indicates a number of rows in the table.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the measure is an amount of time between the sending of the data transfer request and the receiving of the response.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the per request data size is reduced when the amount of time indicates that a network latency is above a threshold value or above a previously measured latency value.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the per request data size is increased when the amount of time indicates that a network latency is below a threshold value or below a previously measured latency value.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the portion is a batch of data, wherein the per request data size indicates a batch size for the batch of data, wherein the data is split into batches of the batch size.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the data transfer request implements multi-sync functionality to upload or download multiple batches of data in a single request.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the multi-sync functionality is implemented by an application programming interface that includes multiple upload or download requests and multiple commit requests.

17. A method of transferring data for an application, comprising:

determining a per request data size;

sending a data transfer request for transferring a portion of the data from a client to a server according to the per request data size, wherein the server is configured to host the application;

receiving a response from the server for the data transfer request; and

adjusting the per request data size based on a measure of the data transfer request and the response, wherein the adjusted per request data size is configured to be used for sending other portions of the data from the client to the server.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the application is developed on the client and implements the data.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the application is executed on the client and updates the data.

20. A system for transferring data for an application, comprising:

a determining module that determines a per request data size;

a sending module that sends a data transfer request for transferring a portion of the data from a client to a server according to the per request data size, wherein the server is configured to host the application;

a receiving module that receives a response from the server for the data transfer request; and

an adjusting module that adjusts the per request data size based on a measure of the data transfer request and the response, wherein the adjusted per request data size is configured to be used for sending other portions of the data from the client to the server.