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AssigneeAvid Technology, Inc.
InventorsMichael Martin Franke, Johnathan Bailey Gamble, William Russell Henshall, Aaron Sasha Cabral Jacobs, Matthew Donaldson Moller, Dimitri Vandellos
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Methods and system are disclosed to minimize inefficiencies for local area users to share and access data. A local proxy server operates in conjunction with a central server. Local area users can post or store (“store”) data, e.g., media data, on the local proxy server in order for the data to be accessed locally. The local proxy server can also store the data from the local area users on a central server. Additionally, the local proxy server can copy data being stored on the central server for local access by the local area users. In this manner, local area users can utilize the benefits (e.g., higher bandwidth and faster download speed) of storing and accessing media data to and from a local area source (i.e., the local proxy server).
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, including users interconnected via a first network and connected to a second network, the second network including a central server and the first network including a selectively enabled local proxy server, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled local proxy server, each of the local proxy server being accessible to only a subset of the users comprising, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled local proxy server, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users on a network operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server, the method comprising:
A system for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, including users interconnected via a first network and connected to a second network, the second network including a central server and the first network including a selectively enabled local proxy server, the system comprising:
A system for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled local proxy server, each of the local proxy server being accessible to only a subset of the users, the system comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating an application for processing project data, including users interconnected via a first network and connected to a second network, the second network including a central server and the first network including a selectively enabled local proxy server, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating an application for processing project data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled local proxy server, each of the local proxy server being accessible to only a subset of the users comprising, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating an application for processing project data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled local proxy server, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users on a network operating an application for processing project data, each of the users having access to a central server, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions, which if executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users on a network operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server, the method comprising:
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This invention relates generally to data sharing systems and, more particularly, to methods and system using a local proxy server to process media data for local area users.
Data sharing capabilities have increased tremendously with the popularity of wide area networks (WANs) such as the Internet. For example, disparate users in different countries or continents can share large amounts of shared data. Shared data may include multimedia data, audio data, and/or video data, typically in the form of large data files. Data sharing applications are commonly used to store or “post” shared data on a central server connected to the Internet for access by other users. Thus, a user can access the posted data via the central server.
One type of data sharing application is a “collaboration application.” A collaboration application allows multiple users to work together on the same project from remote locations. For example, users in California and New York can work on the same project via the Internet through a collaboration application. Typically, in a collaboration application, a user “posts” or stores data for the project on the central server connected to the Internet. Other users connected to the Internet can then request the posted data from the central server. The central server processes these requests to provide the users with posted data for collaboration purposes.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in, and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate implementations of the invention and, together with the detailed description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings,
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary system configuration for practicing the invention;
FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of an exemplary computer system for implementing the invention;
Reference will now be made in detail to implementations of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
The following implementations use a local proxy server to minimize inefficiencies for local area users to share and access data. The local proxy server operates in conjunction with a central server. Local area users can post or store data, e.g., media data, on the local proxy server in order for the data to be accessed locally. The local proxy server can also store the data from the local area users on a central server. Additionally, the local proxy server can copy or download data being stored on the central server for local access by the local area users. In this manner, local area users can utilize the benefits (e.g., higher bandwidth and faster download speed) of storing and accessing media data to and from a local area source (i.e., the local proxy server).
Exemplary System Configuration