Data management system and method

• US 8,320,405 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Issued: 11/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Assets 119 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC), MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: Ivor Systems LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Giroux, Philippe, Walsh, Sandy
• Primary Examiner(s): Sam, Phirin
• Application Number:
  US12/849,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• 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 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method of replicating data on a source to a destination comprising the steps of: extracting data from a source via a user interface in a source format; converting the extracted data from the source'"'"'s format into a destination format; and uploading the converted data to said destination.

Claims

1. A method of replicating data on a source to a destination, the method comprising:

extracting, using a processor, data from said source in a source format by;

obtaining logon information associated with said source;

accessing said source using logon information associated with said source;

receiving, in response to a request to said source, data in said source format;

converting said extracted data from said source format into a destination format by;

parsing at least a subset of the extracted data and storing said parsed data in an intermediate format; and

converting said stored data into said destination format; and

transmitting said converted data to said destination.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing comprises deriving relevant source data by use of a delta technique.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing comprises subtracting template information from the data and recognizing various types of data by positional information, tags or sequence.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing comprises comparing a data file to a data template to extract non-template data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing comprises extracting formatting code from a markup language data file to obtain data.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating an account with said destination, prior to transmitting any data to the destination.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein creating comprises logging on to said destination via an internet connection.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein uploading comprises transmitting said destination format, stored pertinent data, to said destination.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

recording details of a transaction for billing purposes, to provide an audit trail, and to provide feedback to an end-user.

10. A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing software code executable to replicate data on a source to a destination, said software code being executable to perform operations comprising:

extracting data from said source in a source format by;

obtaining logon information associated with the source;

accessing said source using said logon information;

transmitting at least one request for the data to said source; and

receiving, in response to the request, data in said source format;

converting said extracted data from said source format into a destination format by;

parsing at least a subset of the extracted data and storing said parsed data in an intermediate format; and

compiling said stored data into said destination format; and

transmitting said converted data to said destination.

11. A method of replicating data on a source to a destination, the method comprising:

accessing, using a processor, said source using logon information associated with said source;

receiving, in response to a request to said source, data in a source format;

parsing at least a subset of the received data and storing said parsed data in an intermediate format; and

converting said stored data into a destination format; and

transmitting said converted data to said destination.