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US 10,476,852 B2Granted
Systems and methods for managed data transfer
AssigneeOpen Text SA ULC
InventorJonathan Carroll
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for managed file transfer. A managed file transfer server may receive a request from a sender to send a file (bulk data) to a recipient and may determine a location server that is closest to the location of the recipient. A server-to-server transfer can be automatically initiated to move the file to the location server that is closest to the location of the recipient.
Claims17
A secure managed file transfer (MFT) method, comprising:
- receiving a request from a sender in an enterprise computing environment to transfer a file to a recipient outside of the enterprise computing environment, the receiving performed by an MFT instance through an MFT web service, the MFT instance hosted on a server machine in a cloud computing environment;
- determining, by the MFT instance, a location of the recipient outside of the enterprise computing environment;
- determining, by the MFT instance, a location server in the cloud computing environment that is closest to the location of the recipient;
- automatically initiating, by the MFT instance, a server-to-server transfer to move the file to the location server in the cloud computing environment that is the closest to the location of the recipient, wherein initiating the server-to-server transfer comprises initiating a file transfer to move the file from a sender computer in the enterprise computing environment to a location server in the enterprise computing environment and initiating a file transfer to move the file from the location server in the enterprise computing environment to a global location server in the cloud computing environment;
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- sending, by the MFT instance, a request to a recipient location server to download the file, wherein the recipient location server notifies the recipient that the file is waiting for download.
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A secure managed file transfer (MFT) system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- and
- stored instructions translatable by the processor for performing:
- receiving, through an MFT web service, a request from a sender in an enterprise computing environment to transfer a file to a recipient outside of the enterprise computing environment, the MFT web service hosted on a server machine in a cloud computing environment;
- determining a location of the recipient outside of the enterprise computing environment;
- determining a location server in the cloud computing environment that is closest to the location of the recipient;
- automatically initiating a server-to-server transfer to move the file to the location server in the cloud computing environment that is the closest to the location of the recipient, wherein initiating the server-to-server transfer comprises initiating a file transfer to move the file from a sender computer in the enterprise computing environment to a location server in the enterprise computing environment and initiating a file transfer to move the file from the location server in the enterprise computing environment to a global location server in the cloud computing environment;
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- sending a request to a recipient location server to download the file, wherein the recipient location server notifies the recipient that the file is waiting for download.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for secure managed file transfer (MFT), the instructions when translated by a processor perform:
- receiving, through an MFT web service, a request from a sender in an enterprise computing environment to transfer a file to a recipient outside of the enterprise computing environment, the MFT web service hosted on a server machine in a cloud computing environment;
- determining a location of the recipient outside of the enterprise computing environment;
- determining a location server in the cloud computing environment that is closest to the location of the recipient;
- automatically initiating a server-to-server transfer to move the file to the location server in the cloud computing environment that is the closest to the location of the recipient, wherein initiating the server-to-server transfer comprises initiating a file transfer to move the file from a sender computer in the enterprise computing environment to a location server in the enterprise computing environment and initiating a file transfer to move the file from the location server in the enterprise computing environment to a global location server in the cloud computing environment;
- and
- sending a request to a recipient location server to download the file, wherein the recipient location server notifies the recipient that the file is waiting for download.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.