System and method for secure, high-speed transfer of very large files

• US 9,350,802 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Annai Systems Inc
• Original Assignee: Annia Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Maltbie, Dan, Ganeshalingam, Lawrence, Allen, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): MIRZA, ADNAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/925,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164515A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/30 Data warehousing; Computing architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/40 Encryption of genetic data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/108 characterised by resources being split in blocks or fragments

Abstract

A method for parallelized transfer of an electronic file over a network. The method includes sending a first portion of the electronic file from a first sending node and receiving, at the first sending node, information relating to a second portion of the electronic file sent by a second sending node. The method further includes sending a third portion of the electronic file from the first sending node, wherein the third portion is different from the second portion.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating transfer of an electronic file over a network, the method comprising:

sending a first portion of the electronic file from a first server instance of the plurality of server instances;

sending a second portion of the electronic file from a second server instance of the plurality of server instances wherein the first portion and the second portion of the electronic file are respectively included within first and second parallel streams;

receiving information relating to a second portion of the electronic file sent by the second server instances; and

sending a third portion of the electronic file from the first server instance;

wherein the third portion is different from the second portion and is included within the first parallel stream.

2. The method of claim 1 further including reading the first portion of the electronic file from a database containing the electronic file.

3. The method of claim 2 further including reading the third portion of the electronic file from the database.

4. The method of claim 1 further including providing, to the second server instance, information relating to the sending of the first portion of the electronic file.

5. The method of claim 1 further including receiving information relating to a fourth portion of the electronic file sent by a third server instance wherein the third portion is different from the fourth portion.

6. The method of claim 5 further including sending, from the first server instance, a fifth portion of the electronic file wherein the fifth portion is different from the second portion and the fourth portion.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first portion of the electronic file is sent to a first receiving node different from a second receiving node configured to receive the second portion of the electronic file.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the third portion of the electronic file is sent to the first receiving node.

9. The method of claim 1 further including:

receiving information relating to corruption of the first portion of the electronic file; and

resending the first portion of the electronic file from the first server instance.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the electronic file includes genomic information.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the genomic information comprises information associated with a plurality of layers of a data model.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the first portion, the second portion and the third portion of the electronic data file are each associated with a first of the plurality of layers.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the first portion of the electronic file is associated with a first of the plurality of layers and the second portion of the electronic file is associated with a second of the plurality of layers.

14. A method for facilitating transfer of an electronic file over a network, the method comprising:

generating first encrypted file information by encrypting a first portion of the electronic file using first encryption information;

generating second encrypted file information by encrypting a second portion of the electronic file using second encryption information different from the first encryption information;

sending, from a first server instance and a second server instance, the first encrypted file information and the second encrypted file information in first and second parallel streams; and

sending third encrypted file information from the first server instance wherein the third encrypted file information is generated using a third portion of the electronic file;

wherein the third portion is different from the second portion and wherein the third encrypted file information is included within the first parallel stream.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the first encryption information includes a first encryption key and the second encryption information includes a second encryption key.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the electronic file includes genomic information.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the genomic information comprises information associated with a plurality of layers of a data model.