SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE, HIGH-SPEED TRANSFER OF VERY LARGE FILES

• US 20140164515A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Annai Systems Inc
• Original Assignee: Annai Systems Inc
• Inventors: Maltbie, Dan, Ganeshalingam, Lawrence, Allen, Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 9,350,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• 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 sending node;

receiving, at the first sending node, information relating to a second portion of the electronic file sent by a second sending node; and

sending a third portion of the electronic file from the first sending node;

wherein the third portion is different from the second portion.

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 sending node, 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 sending node wherein the third portion is different from the fourth portion.

6. The method of claim 5 further including sending, from the first sending node, 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 sending node.

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, wherein the first portion is associated with a first layer of a plurality of layers of information within the electronic file;

generating second encrypted file information by encrypting a second portion of the electronic file using second encryption information different from the first encryption information, wherein the second portion is associated with a second layer of the plurality of layers of information;

sending the first encrypted file information from a first sending node; and

sending the second encrypted file information from a second sending node.

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.

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

receiving, from a first receiving node, a first portion of an electronic file sent by a first sending node; and

receiving, from a second receiving node, a second portion of the electronic file sent by a second sending node.