Method of file sharing

• US 9,332,059 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walton Advanced Engineering Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Walton Advanced Engineering Incorporated
• Inventors: Yu, Hong Chi, Chang, Mao Ting
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAW, PELING ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US14/300,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304391A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A method of file sharing based on a file server is intended to share specific data and enable data constraints for automatic deletion of specific shared data which has been downloaded by a downloader device.

Claims

1. A method of file sharing used in a file server on a network for data sharing and comprises steps as follows:

a management interface which is enabled in an end user device displays a hierarchical directory structure and file information in said file server;

a download location over Internet is issued by said file server and displayed on said management interface through which a data sharing request and at least a data constraint for a shared data is entered; and

said shared data is downloaded from said file server by a downloader device with said download location over Internet enabled and is automatically deleted with data transmitted completely and a button for deletion of downloaded data in said data constraints enabled (or is not deleted with data transmitted completely and a button for deletion of downloaded data in said data constraints disabled).

2. A method of file sharing according to claim 1 wherein said data constraint comprise conditions to access a hierarchical file structure, that is, levels of a hierarchical file structure accessed by a downloader.

3. A method of file sharing according to claim 1 wherein said data constraints comprise a shared-device acceleration button.

4. A method of file sharing according to claim 3 wherein said shared data is transmitted to a shared device with said download location over Internet provided from said file server.

5. A method of file sharing according to claim 4 wherein said shared device is able to provide a shared data backup to downloaders when said file server is offline.

6. A method of file sharing according to claim 1 wherein said downloader devices are a plurality of downloader equipment which accesses said shared data from each other via a pier-to-pier network.

7. A method of file sharing according to claim 1 wherein said data constraints comprise at least download frequency, download time and traffic limit.

8. A method of file sharing according to claim 1 wherein said download location over Internet can be a URL or a fast response code.