TRACKING A STATUS OF A FILE TRANSFER USING FEEDBACK FILES CORRESPONDING TO FILE TRANSFER EVENTS

• US 20170180454A1
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Sharma, Sumit
• Granted Patent: US 10,334,017 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/183 Provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS network file access protocols H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/835 Timestamp
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A device may receive a set of feedback files associated with a file transfer from a first device to a second device. A feedback file, of the set of feedback files, may include a timestamp corresponding to an event associated with the file transfer. The device may determine configuration information associated with the file transfer. The configuration information may include timing information, associated with the event, that identifies an expected time associated with the event. The device may determine status information associated with the file transfer. The status information may be determined based on the timestamp corresponding to the event and the timing information associated with the event. The device may provide the status information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device, a set of feedback files associated with a file transfer from a first device to a second device,

a feedback file, of the set of feedback files, including a timestamp corresponding to an event associated with the file transfer;

determining, by the device, configuration information associated with the file transfer,

the configuration information including timing information, associated with the event, that identifies an expected time associated with the event;

determining, by the device, status information associated with the file transfer,

the status information being determined based on the timestamp corresponding to the event and the timing information associated with the event; and

providing, by the device, the status information.

2. The method of claim 1, where the first device is a source device, and the set of feedback files includes at least one of:

a feedback file associated with generating the file, or

a feedback file associated with the source device sending the file.

3. The method of claim 1, where the second device is a target device, and the set of feedback files includes at least one of:

a feedback file associated with the target device receiving the file, or

a feedback file associated with consuming the file.

4. The method of claim 1, where receiving the set of feedback files comprises:

receiving the set of feedback files in real-time or near real-time during the file transfer.

5. The method of claim 1, where determining the status information comprises:

determining that a time, identified by the timestamp, is within a time window identified by the timing information; and

determining status information indicating that the file transfer is complete based on determining that the time is within the time window identified by the timing information.

6. The method of claim 1, where the event includes at least one of:

a generation event associated with generating the file;

a sent event associated with sending the file;

a receipt event associated with receiving the file;

or

a consumption event associated with loading or opening the file.

7. The method of claim 1, where receiving the set of feedback files comprises:

receiving a first feedback file, of the set of feedback files, from the first device, the first feedback file being created by the first device; and

receiving a second feedback file, of the set of feedback files, from the second device,

the second feedback file being created by the second device.

8. A device, comprising:

one or more processors to;

receive a plurality of feedback files associated with a file transfer from a first device to a second device,

a first feedback file, of the plurality of feedback files, including a first timestamp corresponding to a first event associated with the file transfer, and

a second feedback file, of the plurality of feedback files, including a second timestamp corresponding to a second event associated with the file transfer;

receive configuration information associated with the file transfer,

the configuration information including information that identifies timing information associated with the first event and timing information associated with the second event;

determine a status of the file transfer based on the first timestamp and the first timing information or the second timestamp and the second timing information; and

provide information associated with the status of the file transfer.

9. The device of claim 8, where the first device is an intermediate device, and the plurality of feedback files includes at least one of:

a feedback file associated with the intermediate device receiving the file, or

a feedback file associated with the intermediate device sending the file.

10. The device of claim 8, where the second device is a target device, and the plurality of feedback files includes at least one of:

a feedback file associated with the target device receiving the file, or

a feedback file associated with providing the file for consumption.

11. The device of claim 8, where the first timing information and the second timing information respectively include at least one of:

an expected time associated with the first event or an expected time associated with the second event;

or

an actual time associated with the first event or an actual time associated with the second event.

12. The device of claim 8, where the one or more processors, when determining the status of the file transfer, are to:

determine that a time, identified by the second timestamp, is not within a time window associated with the second timing information; and

determine the status of the file transfer based on determining that the time, identified by the second timestamp, is not within the time window associated with the second timing information.

13. The device of claim 8, where the first device and the second device are operated or managed by separate entities.

14. The device of claim 8, where the one or more processors, when receiving the plurality of feedback files, are to:

receive the first feedback file from the first device,

the first feedback file being created by the first device; and

receive the second feedback file from the second device,

the second feedback file being received after the first feedback file is received, and

the second feedback file being created by the second device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive, from a first device, a first set of feedback files associated with a file transfer from the first device to a second device,

a feedback file, of the first set of feedback files, identifying a time associated with a first event during the file transfer;

receive, from the second device, a second set of feedback files associated with the file transfer from the first device to the second device,

a feedback file, of the second set of feedback files, identifying a time associated with a second event during the file transfer;

determine configuration information, associated with the file transfer, that includes a first expected time window, associated with the first event, and a second expected time window associated with the second event;

determine status information associated with the file transfer,

the status information being determined based on the time associated with the first event and the first expected time window, or

the status information being determined based on the time associated with the second event and the second expected time window; and

provide the status information for display to a user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the first device is a source device, and the first set of feedback files includes at least one of:

a feedback file associated with generating the file, or

a feedback file associated with the source device sending the file.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the second device is an intermediate device, and the second set of feedback files includes at least one of:

a feedback file associated with the intermediate device receiving the file, or

a feedback file associated with the intermediate device sending the file.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the first event or the second event includes at least one of:

a generation event associated with generating the file;

a sent event associated with sending the file;

a receipt event associated with receiving the file;

or

a consumption event associated with loading or opening the file.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the first set of feedback files and the second set of feedback files are received in real-time or near real-time during the file transfer.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine the status information associated with the file transfer, cause the one or more processors to:

determine that the time associated with the first event is within the first expected time window; and

determine status information indicating that the file transfer is in-progress based on determining that the time, associated with the first event, is within the first expected time window.