Method, a system, a server, a device, a computer program and a computer program product for transmitting data in a computer network
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1. A method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, comprising:
- receiving a request for transmission of select data in a select format from a client computer at a server in a computer network, wherein the computer network is formed by a plurality of interconnected network devices that include the client computer and the server;
selecting an initial format for the select data from one or more predetermined data formats;
selecting a computer program from one or more predetermined computer programs such that the selected computer program is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format;
selecting a transformation device from the plurality of network devices for transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format;
transferring the computer program to said transformation device, wherein the transformation device is configured to execute said computer program after completion of the transferring for subsequent transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format;
sending the select data from a source to the transformation device in the initial format;
transforming the select data from the initial format to the select format by executing the computer program at the transformation device to process the select data; and
transmitting the select data from the transformation device to the client computer in the select format to fulfill the request from the client computer.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, wherein a device at an endpoint of a section of said data link is selected (203) from devices of said computer network, a computer program adapted to process said data, is transferred (204) to said device and said data is processed (206) by said device by executing said computer program.
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1. A method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, comprising:
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receiving a request for transmission of select data in a select format from a client computer at a server in a computer network, wherein the computer network is formed by a plurality of interconnected network devices that include the client computer and the server; selecting an initial format for the select data from one or more predetermined data formats; selecting a computer program from one or more predetermined computer programs such that the selected computer program is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format; selecting a transformation device from the plurality of network devices for transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; transferring the computer program to said transformation device, wherein the transformation device is configured to execute said computer program after completion of the transferring for subsequent transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; sending the select data from a source to the transformation device in the initial format; transforming the select data from the initial format to the select format by executing the computer program at the transformation device to process the select data; and transmitting the select data from the transformation device to the client computer in the select format to fulfill the request from the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 19)
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7. A server, comprising:
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at least one processor and associated memory for transmitting data via a data link in a computer; wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive a request for transmission of select data in a select format from a client computer in a computer network, wherein the computer network is formed by a plurality of interconnected network devices that include the client computer and the server; wherein the at least one processor is configured to select an initial format for the select data from one or more predetermined data formats; wherein the at least one processor is configured to select a computer program from one or more predetermined computer programs such that the selected computer program is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format; wherein the at least one processor is configured to select a transformation device from the plurality of network devices for transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; wherein the at least one processor is configured to transfer the computer program to said transformation device, wherein the transformation device is configured to execute the computer program after completion of the transfer for subsequent transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; wherein the at least one processor is configured to send the select data from a source to the transformation device in the select format; wherein the transformation device is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format by executing the computer program at the transformation device to process the select data; wherein the transformation device is configured to transmit the select data to the client computer in the select format to fulfill the request from the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause a corresponding computer-controlled server to perform a method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, the method comprising:
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selecting an initial format for select data from one or more predetermined data formats in response to receiving a request for transmission of the select data in a select format from a client computer at the server in the computer network, wherein the computer network is formed by a plurality of interconnected network devices that include the client computer and the server; selecting a computer program from one or more predetermined computer programs such that the selected computer program is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format; selecting a transformation device from the plurality of network devices for transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; transferring the computer program to said transformation device, wherein the transformation device is configured to execute said computer program after completion of the transferring for subsequent transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; and sending the select data from a source to the transformation device in the initial format; wherein the transformation device is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format by executing the computer program to process the select data; wherein the transformation device is configured to transmit the select data to the client computer in the select format to fulfill the request from the client computer.
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