System for and method of distributing files

• US 8,626,927 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2010
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Mazilo, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/774,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20110276618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,342 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/220, 709/226, 709/248, 717/168, 717/169, 717/171, 717/172
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A system for and method for distributing data to a plurality of work stations is presented. The system and method may include determining reception of new or updated data, initiating a first data distribution session to distribute the new or updated data to a first work station of a plurality of work stations via a communication network, determining whether the first work station of the plurality of work stations is active, determining whether a second data distribution session is in progress, and establishing the first data distribution session with the first work station of the plurality of work stations via the communication network in response to a determination that the second data distribution session is not in progress.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, via a processor, reception of new or updated data;

initiating, via the processor, a first data distribution session to distribute the new or updated data to a first work station of a plurality of work stations via a communication network;

determining, via the processor, whether the first work station of the plurality of work stations is available to receive the new or updated data;

determining, via the processor, whether a second data distribution session is in progress;

establishing, via the processor, the first data distribution session with the first work station of the plurality of work stations via the communication network in response to a determination that the second data distribution session is not in progress, and

upon determination that the second data distribution session is in progress, queuing, via the processor, the first data distribution session with the first work station of the plurality of work stations,

wherein the new or updated data is distributed sequentially among the plurality of work stations one at a time during different data distribution sessions in order to ensure sufficient bandwidth and processing power for other applications at the plurality of work stations.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising periodically determining the reception of the new or updated data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating a first data distribution session comprises obtaining address information associated with the first work station of the plurality of work stations.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprises obtaining address information associated with a second work station of the plurality of work stations in response to the determination that the first work station of the plurality of work stations is unavailable to receive the new or updated data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprises determining whether the second work station of the plurality of work stations is available to receive the new or updated data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprises terminating the first data distribution session in response to the determination that the second data distribution session is in progress.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the first data distribution session with the first work station of the plurality of work stations comprises transmitting the new or updated data to a temporary storage location at the first work station.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprises determining whether the new or updated data are distributed to the plurality of work stations.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining, via the processor, whether a second data distribution session is in progress comprises the processor determining whether the second data distribution session is in progress at any work station, other than the first work station, of the plurality of work stations.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing only a single data distribution session to be established at one time among the plurality of work stations.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving a first data distribution request for a first data distribution session from a first work station of a plurality of work stations via a communication network;

determining, via a processor, whether a second data distribution session is in progress;

establishing, via the processor, the first data distribution session with the first work station of the plurality of work stations via the communication network in response to a determination that the second data distribution session is not in progress,

upon a determination that the second data distribution session is in progress, storing the first data distribution request in a data request queue database, and

sequentially distributing new or updated data among the plurality of work stations one at a time during different data distribution sessions in order to ensure sufficient bandwidth and processing power for other applications at the plurality of work stations.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving a first data distribution request for a first data distribution session comprises transmitting one or more data probing requests to the first work station of the plurality of work stations.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first data distribution request comprises address information associated with the first work station of the plurality of work stations.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first data distribution request comprises data identifier information associated with data maintained at a data distribution system and not maintained at the first work station of the plurality of work stations.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first data distribution request comprises data identifier information associated with data maintained at the first work station of the plurality of work stations.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprises comparing the data identifier information associated with data maintained at the first work station of the plurality of work stations with data identifier information associated with data maintained at a data distribution system.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprises re-accessing the first data distribution request stored in the data request queue after completion of the second data distribution session.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprises determining whether a second data distribution request is stored in the data request queue.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein establishing the first data distribution session with the first work station of the plurality of work stations comprises transmitting data to the first work station of the plurality of work stations based at least in part on the first data distribution request.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of data distribution requests from the plurality of workstations, including the first data distribution request for a first data distribution session; and

preprocessing, via the processer, the plurality of data distribution requests to optimize data distribution to the requesting plurality of workstations, the preprocessing including at least one of the set consisting of filtering, sorting, formatting, and aggregating the plurality of data distribution requests.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the filtering comprises eliminating erroneous or defective data distribution requests.

22. A system, comprising:

a database module configured to store new or updated data;

a work station list module configured to store address information associated with a plurality of work stations;

a processing module configured to obtain address information associated with a first work station of the plurality of work stations to initiate a first data distribution session and determine whether another data distribution session is in progress;

an input/output module configured to transmit the new or updated data to the first work station of the plurality of work stations in response to the determination that the other data distribution session is not in progress; and

a data request queue module configured to store data distribution requests in response to the determination that the other data distribution session is in progress,

wherein the new or updated data is distributed sequentially among the plurality of work stations one at a time during different data distribution sessions in order to ensure sufficient bandwidth and processing power for other applications at the plurality of work stations.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the processing module is further configured to determine whether the first work station of the plurality of work stations is available to receive the new or updated data.

24. The system of claim 22, further comprises a presentation module configured to receive one or more requests from a user associated with the first work station.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the processing module is further configured to generate one or more data probing requests having data identifier information associated with data maintained at a data distribution system.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein the input/output module is further configured to sequentially distribute the new or updated data among the plurality of work stations one at a time during different data distribution sessions in order to ensure sufficient bandwidth and processing power for other applications at the plurality of work stations.