Downloading file reception process
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1. A method for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system managed by an operating system and linked to the server using a data transfer link, the method comprising:
- initializing a link between the central server and an audiovisual data reproduction system,selecting an available storage area of a specified minimum size,opening a reception file on a first permanent storage means of said audiovisual data reproduction system, corresponding to the available storage area selected,receiving each packet of said file sent by the central server and directly writing each said packet sent by the central server to said reception file, each file having information representative of a type of data associated with the file,for each file received, searching for a reception function to be associated with each received file based at least in part on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file, andprocessing each received file by the corresponding reception function, the processing comprising copying the received file to a second storage means to update a database of the audiovisual reproduction system according to the data included in the received file,wherein the minimum size corresponds to a size of the file sent by the central server.
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Process for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system, managed by an operating system and linked to the server, by means of a data transfer link, characterised in that the process comprises:
- a step consisting of initialising a link between the central server and an audiovisual data reproduction system,
- a step consisting of storing files sent by the central server on storage means of the audiovisual data reproduction system, each file comprising specified information representative of the type of data contained in the file,
- a step consisting of searching, for each file received, a specific reception function, this search step being carried out by means of the specified information representative of the type of data contained in the file,
- a step consisting of processing each file by the corresponding reception function, the processing comprising copying of the file received to a specified storage area.
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1. A method for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system managed by an operating system and linked to the server using a data transfer link, the method comprising:
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initializing a link between the central server and an audiovisual data reproduction system, selecting an available storage area of a specified minimum size, opening a reception file on a first permanent storage means of said audiovisual data reproduction system, corresponding to the available storage area selected, receiving each packet of said file sent by the central server and directly writing each said packet sent by the central server to said reception file, each file having information representative of a type of data associated with the file, for each file received, searching for a reception function to be associated with each received file based at least in part on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file, and processing each received file by the corresponding reception function, the processing comprising copying the received file to a second storage means to update a database of the audiovisual reproduction system according to the data included in the received file, wherein the minimum size corresponds to a size of the file sent by the central server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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