Method for distributed configuration and file distribution based on centralized data

• US 7,788,288 B1
• Filed: 08/29/2005
• Issued: 08/31/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wechsler, Chesla C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B
• Application Number:
  US11/214,103
• Time in Patent Office: 1,828 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 707200-206, 709/217, 709/219, 370/395.4, 370/432
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

A method for propagating changes, including updates and new configurations, to data in a data-store for a network is disclosed. The methodology discovers a method that includes forming a schedule for each one of a group of intelligent peripheral resources and forming a query to a data-store for each one of the intelligent peripheral resources. The method continues by using each one of the group of intelligent peripheral resources to gather new data, which is the result of the query, and updating the data with the gathered new data so the updated data can be stored on a computer readable media.

Claims

1. A data-store storing a set of computer instruction executable by at least one intelligent peripheral resource the set of computer instructions propagating changes to data in a data-store for a network, comprising:

a. forming a schedule for each one of a group of the at least one intelligent peripheral resources;

b. forming a query to the data-store for each intelligent peripheral resource, the query requesting a portion of the contents of the data-store that changed since a previous query was made to the data store;

c. gathering new data using each one of the group of intelligent peripheral resources; and

wherein each intelligent peripheral resource communicates with a group of data-stores; and

d. updating the data-store with the new data and storing the updated data-store and the new data on a computer readable memory media.

2. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the computer readable memory media is accessible by a member of the group consisting of at least one of the group of intelligent peripheral resources, an end user, and combinations thereof.

3. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the schedule comprises a member selected from the group consisting of a fixed interval of time, a start-up, a shut-down, an externally generated event, and combinations thereof.

4. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the group of intelligent peripheral resources comprises a member selected from the group consisting of servers, personal digital assistants, cell phones, land phones, other client devices, and linked combinations thereof.

5. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the group of intelligent peripheral resources comprises a member selected from the group consisting of web servers, report servers, phone books, address books, calendars, email data, configurations for each intelligent peripheral resource, logic operating on each intelligent peripheral, computer instructions disposed on the computer readable medium, and combinations thereof.

6. The data-store of claim 1, further comprising the step of forming a second query after new data is generated as a result of the query.

7. The data-store of claim 1, further comprising the step of making a second query to the results of the query to obtain a subset of the data-store.

8. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the query uses a date stamp, a time stamp, or combinations thereof with the schedule.

9. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the data-store is a directory, a memory, a file system, a relational database, an object oriented database, or combinations thereof.

10. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the data-store is located on a single server or a group of linked servers.

11. The data-store of claim 10, wherein the server comprises a member selected from the group consisting of a computer, a disc array, a memory, shared memory segments, and combinations thereof.

12. The data-store of claim 1, wherein the set of computer instructions further include:

detecting changes to data in the data-store for a network, wherein the schedule is an event-driver to cause an event to trigger execution of the set of computer instructions.