Information transfer systems and method with dynamic distribution of data, control and management of information

• US 6,292,827 B1
• Filed: 06/20/1997
• Issued: 09/18/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shore Technologies
• Original Assignee: Shore Technologies
• Inventors: Raz, Uri
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Zarni
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cardone, Jason D.
• Application Number:
  US08/879,859
• Time in Patent Office: 1,551 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 707/10, 707/1, 345/330, 370/254
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

An information transfer network, comprising: a plurality of client terminals which comprise a presentation system having a control and management agent system; a plurality of servers which comprise a database system and an application system, and a control and management agent system; a request broker system which permits the exchange of information between said client terminals and said servers through a communication path between said terminal and said server, and an information management system for dynamically controlling the location, access and transfer of information between said client terminals and said servers through a plurality of communication paths connecting said control and management agent system of each of said client terminals and servers to said information management system.

Claims

1. A system for transferring executable application data over a network comprising:

a plurality of client terminals connected to the network;

a plurality of servers connected to the network;

a management system connected to said network for monitoring and storing characteristic data, said characteristic data comprising data descriptive of physical resources associated with execution of application data at said plurality of client terminals, and said management system including a plurality of application databases for storing executable application data; and

an interfacing system connected to said network for dynamically distributing said executable application data stored in said application databases between said servers and said terminals as a function of said characteristic data, wherein at least a portion of said executable application data is stored at said client terminals, and a portion of said application data resides at said servers, said portion stored at each of said client terminals being dependent on each client terminal'"'"'s characteristic data.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein each of said client terminals is one of a personal computer, an organization personal computer, and a stand-alone terminal.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said stand-alone terminals further comprise hardware for executing one of loading smart cards, reading magnetic cards, and processing videographics.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein each of said servers are one of an information server, a transactional server, and an external server.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said transactional server is operable to perform one of a financial transaction and a personal transaction.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said network is one of a LANnet, a WANnet, the Internet and an Intranet.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said network is a four tier model.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said network further comprises a graphical user interface for displaying a portion of said data on said client terminals.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is operable to interact with a plurality of third party applications.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said interfacing system is a request broker system.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a telecommunications device connected to said network for accessing said data from said servers.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said characteristic data is one of a plurality of static or dynamic parameters associated with each of said client terminals and a usage pattern associated with said terminals.

13. A method for transferring executable application data over a network comprising

providing a plurality of client terminals;

providing a plurality of servers;

establishing a data communication between said client terminals and said servers;

generating a database of characteristic data and application data associated with said client terminals and servers, said characteristic data comprising data descriptive of physical resources associated with execution of application data at said client terminals; and

dynamically distributing said database of executable application data between said client terminals and said servers as a server-determined function of said characteristic data, wherein a portion of said executable application data resides at said client terminals and a portion of said executable application data resides at said servers, said portion stored at each of said client terminals being dependent on each client terminal'"'"'s characteristic data.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing each of said servers as one of a transactional server, an information server, and an external server.

15. The method claim 14, further comprising performing one of a financial transaction and a personal transaction.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing said client terminals with hardware for one of loading smart cards, reading magnetic cards, and processing videographics.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein each of said client terminals are one of a personal computer, an organizational computer, and a stand-alone terminal.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing a graphical user interface to display data on said client terminals.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the network is one of a WANnet, LANnet, Internet, and an Intranet.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein said establishing step further comprises loading an application onto one of said terminals and establishing said data communication as a function of specifications of said application.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising a telecommunications device connected to said network for accessing data from said servers.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein said characteristic data is one of a plurality of static or dynamic parameters associated with each of said client terminals and a usage pattern associated with said terminals.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein said network is a four-tier model.

24. The method of claim 13 wherein dynamically distributing comprises distributing different application data to different client terminals depending on the physical resources associated with each of the client terminals.

25. A computer-based method of processing information dynamically between a plurality of client terminals and a plurality of servers comprising:

establishing a data communication path between said client terminals and said servers;

generating a database of characteristic data and executable application data associated with said client terminals and servers, said characteristic data comprising data descriptive of physical resources associated with execution of application data at said client terminals, and

dynamically distributing said database of executable application data between said client terminals and said servers as a function of said characteristic data, wherein a portion of said executable application data resides at said client terminals and a portion of said executable application data resides at said servers, said portion stored at each of said client terminals being dependent on each client terminal'"'"'s characteristic data.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising providing each of said servers as one of a transactional server, an information server, and an external server.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising performing one of a financial transaction and a personal transaction.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising providing said client terminals with hardware for one of loading smart cards, reading magnetic cards, and processing videographics.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein each of said terminals are one of a personal computer, an organizational computer, and a stand-alone terminal.

30. The method of claim 25, further comprising providing a graphical user interface to display data on said client terminals.

31. The method of claim 25, wherein the network is one of a WANnet, LANnet, Internet, and an Intranet.

32. The method of claim 25, wherein said establishing step further comprises loading an application onto one of said terminals and establishing said data communication as a function of specifications of said application.

33. The method of claim 25, further comprising a telecommunications device connected to said network for accessing data from said servers.

34. The method of claim 25, wherein said characteristic data is one of a plurality of static or dynamic parameters associated with each of said client terminals and a usage pattern associated with said terminals.

35. The method of claim 25, wherein said network is a four-tier model.

36. The method of claim 25 wherein dynamically distributing comprises distributing different application data to different client terminals such that a portion of said application data residing at each client terminal is different depending on the physical resources associated with each client terminal.

37. A computer program residing in a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computer system to:

establish a data communication path between a plurality of client terminals and a plurality of servers;

generate a database of characteristic data and executable application data associated with said client terminals and said servers, said characteristic data comprising data descriptive of physical resources associated with execution of application data at said client terminals; and

dynamically distribute said executable application data between said client terminals and said servers as a function of said characteristic data, wherein a portion of said executable application data resides at the client terminal and a portion of said executable application data resides at said servers, said portion stored at each of said client terminals being dependent on each client terminal'"'"'s characteristic data.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 37 wherein the instructions to dynamically distribute comprise instructions to distribute differently depending on the physical resources associated with each client terminal.