Method of optimising messaging or data transfer, and a system using such a method
OwnerChristopher Tofts, Athena Christodoulou +1inventors
InventorsChristopher Tofts, Athena Christodoulou, Richard Taylor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for automatic analysis of communications paths to remove or modify redundant or inappropriate steps or data processing operators.
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A method of transferring data between a source entity and a target entity via a data pathway, each entity having a hierarchy of communication processing layers implementing at least one communications protocol, the method comprising the steps of determining the capabilities of the entities, analysing the capabilities of the entities, and on the basis of those capabilities establishing a communication scheme including configuring at least one of the entities to operate in a different way to the pre-existing communications protocols.
A communication scheme controller for controlling the transfer of data, the controller arranged to interrogate the entities included in the transfer of data between a source entity and a target entity so as to determine their capabilities, to analyse the responses and to define a communication scheme for data transfer.
A method of transferring data between entities;
- the method comprising the steps of interrogating the entities involved in the transfer of data between a source entity and a target entity so as to determine their capabilities, analysing the responses, and on the basis of those responses defining a communication scheme for data transfer, in which computing devices within the communications path exchange data concerning their capabilities such that at least one data processor can analyse the information to define a communication scheme, and the at least one data processor uses the data available to compile a new communications protocol for the transfer of data.
A method of transferring data between source and target entities via a communications path including at least one intermediate entity, each entity having a hierarchy of communication processing layers implementing at least one communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of collecting data relating to the capability of at least the at least one intermediate entity;
- establishing a scheme for transferring data including configuring at least one intermediate entity's hierarchy to cause it to operate differently on data passing along the pathway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.