System and method for flexible data transfer

A method of flexibly transferring data from one or more data sources to one or more data destinations within an information network, each of the one or more data sources having data in a particular source format, each of the one or more data destinations having data in a particular destination format, the method comprising:

• defining parameters in a parameter database to control the transfer of data;
• scheduling a transfer time when the transfer of data is to occur;
• extracting data from the one or more data sources according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time;
• manipulating the extracted source data into one or more destination formats associated with one or more data destinations according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time;
• and
• inserting the destination data at one or more data destinations according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time.

A computer readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for causing a computer to flexibly transfer data from one or more data sources to one or more data destinations within an information network, each of the one or more data sources having data in a particular source format, each of the one or more data destinations having data in a particular destination format, the transfer of data being controlled by parameters in a parameter database, the computer readable medium program codes performing functions comprising:

• scheduling a transfer time when the transfer of data is to occur;
• extracting data from the one or more data sources according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time;
• manipulating the extracted source data into one or more destination formats associated with one or more data destinations according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time;
• and
• inserting the destination data at one or more data destinations according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time.

A system for flexibly transferring data from one or more data sources to one or more data destinations within an information network, each of the one or more data sources having data in a particular source format, each of the one or more data destinations having data in a particular destination format, the system comprising:

• means for defining parameters in a parameter database to control the transfer of data;
• means for scheduling a transfer time when the transfer of data is to occur;
• means for extracting data from the one or more data sources according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time;
• means for manipulating the extracted source data into one or more destination formats associated with one or more data destinations according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time;
• and
• means for inserting the destination data at one or more data destinations according to certain parameters within the parameter database at the transfer time.

A data structure stored in a memory, the data structure for use in a system that transfers data from one or more data sources to one or more data destinations within an information network, each of the one or more data sources having data in a particular source format, each of the one or more data destinations having data in a particular destination format, the data structure comprising:

• one or more data source parameters that relate to extracting data from the one or more data sources, including defining the data source name and location;
• one or more data manipulation parameters that relate to manipulating the extracted source data into one or more destination formats associated with the one or more data destinations;
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• one or more data destination parameters that relate to inserting destination data at the one or more data destinations, including defining data destination name and location.