Content router asynchronous exchange

• US 20070028293A1
• Filed: 07/14/2005
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Srinivasan, Venkatachary, Boerries, Marco, Meyer, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 7,631,045 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/2
• 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 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

An apparatus, method and computer program product in a content routing system for facilitating transportation of commands having separable segments among a plurality of content nodes comprising detaching the segments prior to the commands being saved to a command memory of a store and forward logic.

Claims

1. A content routing system for facilitating transportation of separable segments among a plurality of content nodes, the content routing system comprising:

interface circuitry for;

receiving an incoming command from a first content node; and

coupling to a first memory, wherein the first memory is operable for holding segments of incoming commands apart from the incoming commands; and

processing logic, coupled to the interface circuitry, operable for;

detecting a segment in the incoming command based on a type of the segment and further based on a flag indicating the detachability of the segment type;

saving the segment to the first memory;

modifying the incoming command to form an abridged incoming command by replacing the segment with a reference to the segment; and

sending, to a command memory, the abridged incoming command.

2. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the first content node includes a user device.

3. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the first content node includes a user account.

4. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the first memory includes a file relay server.

5. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the first memory includes a database.

6. The content routing system of claim 5, wherein the database includes a relational database.

7. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the segment includes a file.

8. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein:

the interface circuitry is further for coupling an unabridged outgoing command to a destination content node; and

the processing logic is further operable for;

detecting the reference to the segment in an abridged outgoing command received from the command memory;

retrieving, from the first memory, the segment in response to detecting the reference;

modifying the abridged outgoing command to form the unabridged outgoing command by replacing the reference to the segment with the retrieved segment; and

sending, to the destination content node, the unabridged outgoing command.

9. The content routing system of claim 8, wherein the destination content node includes a user device.

10. The content routing system of claim 8, wherein the destination content node includes a user account.

11. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the incoming command includes an email and the segment includes an attachment.

12. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the incoming command includes a contact and the segment includes an attachment.

13. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the incoming command includes an event and the segment includes an attachment ached.

14. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the incoming command includes a to-do task and the segment includes an attachment.

15. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the incoming command includes a library item and the segment includes an attachment.

16. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein saving the segment in the first memory includes encrypting the segment and saving the encrypted segment to the first memory.

17. The content routing system of claim 16, wherein retrieving, from the first memory, the segment includes decrypting the encrypted segment.

18. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the segment type includes a presentation file type.

19. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the segment type includes a document file type.

20. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the segment type includes a spreadsheet file type.

21. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the segment type includes an image file type.

22. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein sending, to the command memory, the abridged incoming command includes sending, to a content router, the abridged incoming command.

23. The content routing system of claim 1, wherein the processing logic is further operable for sending, to a destination content node, an abridged outgoing command including the reference to the segment, wherein the abridged outgoing command is based on the abridged incoming command.

24. A method for facilitating transportation of separable segments among a plurality of content nodes, the method comprising:

receiving an incoming command from a first content node;

coupling to a first memory, wherein the first memory is operable for holding segments of incoming commands apart from the incoming commands;

detecting a segment in the incoming command based on a type of the segment and further based on a flag indicating the detachability of the segment type;

saving the segment to the first memory;

modifying the incoming command to form an abridged incoming command by replacing the segment with a reference to the segment; and

sending, to a command memory, the abridged incoming command.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the first content node includes a user device.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the first content node includes a user account.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the first memory includes a file relay server.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the first memory includes a database.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the database includes a relational database.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the segment includes a file.

31. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

detecting the reference to the segment in an abridged outgoing command received from the command memory;

retrieving, from the first memory, the segment in response to detecting the reference;

modifying the abridged outgoing command to form an unabridged outgoing command by replacing the reference to the segment with the retrieved segment; and

sending, to a destination content node, the unabridged outgoing command.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the destination content node includes a user device.

33. The method of claim 31 wherein the destination content node includes a user account.

34. The method of claim 24, wherein the incoming command includes an email and the segment includes an attachment.

35. The method of claim 24, wherein the incoming command includes a contact and the segment includes an attachment.

36. The method of claim 24, wherein the incoming command includes an event and the segment includes an attachment ached.

37. The method of claim 24, wherein the incoming command includes a to-do task and the segment includes an attachment.

38. The method of claim 24, wherein the incoming command includes a library item and the segment includes an attachment.

39. The method of claim 24, wherein saving the segment in the first memory includes encrypting the segment and saving the encrypted segment to the first memory.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein retrieving, from the first memory, the segment includes decrypting the encrypted segment.

41. The method of claim 24, wherein the segment type includes a presentation file type.

42. The method of claim 24, wherein the segment type includes a document file type.

43. The method of claim 24, wherein the segment type includes a spreadsheet file type.

44. The method of claim 24, wherein the segment type includes an image file type.

45. The method of claim 24, wherein sending, to the command memory, the abridged incoming command includes sending, to a content router, the abridged incoming command.

46. The method of claim 24, further comprising sending, to a destination content node, an abridged outgoing command including the reference to the segment, wherein the abridged outgoing command is based on the abridged incoming command.

47. A computer program product comprising program code for use in a content routing system including interface circuitry and processing logic, the content routing system for facilitating transportation of separable segments among a plurality of content nodes, the computer program product comprising:

program code for receiving an incoming command from a first content node;

program code for coupling to a first memory, wherein the first memory is operable for holding segments of incoming commands apart from the incoming commands;

program code for detecting a segment in the incoming command based on a type of the segment and further based on a flag indicating the detachability of the segment type;

program code for saving the segment to the first memory;

program code for modifying the incoming command to form an abridged incoming command by replacing the segment with a reference to the segment; and

program code for sending, to a command memory, the abridged incoming command.

48. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the first content node includes a user device.

49. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the first content node includes a user account.

50. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the first memory includes a file relay server.

51. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the first memory includes a database.

52. The computer program product of claim 51, wherein the database includes a relational database.

53. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the segment includes a file.

54. The computer program product of claim 47, further comprising:

program code for detecting the reference to the segment in an abridged outgoing command received from the command memory;

program code for retrieving, from the first memory, the segment in response to detecting the reference;

program code for modifying the abridged outgoing command to form an unabridged outgoing command by replacing the reference to the segment with the retrieved segment; and

program code for sending, to a destination content node, the unabridged outgoing command.

55. The computer program product of claim 54, wherein the destination content node includes a user device.

56. The computer program product of claim 54, wherein the destination content node includes a user account.

57. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the incoming command includes an email and the segment includes an attachment.

58. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the incoming command includes a contact and the segment includes an attachment.

59. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the incoming command includes an event and the segment includes an attachment ached.

60. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the incoming command includes a to-do task and the segment includes an attachment.

61. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the incoming command includes a library item and the segment includes an attachment.

62. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the program code for saving the segment in the first memory includes program code for encrypting the segment and saving the encrypted segment to the first memory.

63. The computer program product of claim 62 wherein the program code for retrieving, from the first memory, the segment includes program code for decrypting the encrypted segment.

64. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the segment type includes a presentation file type.

65. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the segment type includes a document file type.

66. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the segment type includes a spreadsheet file type.

67. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the segment type includes an image file type.

68. The computer program product of claim 47, wherein the program code for sending, to the command memory, the abridged incoming command includes program code for sending, to a content router, the abridged incoming command.

69. The computer program product of claim 47, further comprising program code for sending, to a destination content node, an abridged outgoing command including the reference to the segment, wherein the abridged outgoing command is based on the abridged incoming command.