Direct file transfer host processor
AssigneeSimpleTech, Inc.
InventorMark Moshayedi
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Abstract
A computing host includes a communication processor that receives a file request from a computer network for transferring a file between the computer network and a storage device. If the file is directly transferable between the computer network and the storage device without a need for processing the file by a host processor of the computing host, the communication processor performs the file transfer. Otherwise, the host processor processes the file and performs the file transfer.
Claims20
A method for directly transferring a file between a network and a storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving a file request by a host processor coupled in communication with the network and the storage device;
- and
- generating a command based on the file request for transferring a file between the network and the storage device without passing the file through the host processor.
A system coupled in communication with a storage device and a network, the system comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive a file request;
- and
- a computing processor coupled in communication with the network interface, the computing processor configured to generate a command based on the file request for transferring a file between the network and the storage device without passing the file through the system.
A system for directly transferring a file between a network and a storage device, the method comprising:
- means for receiving a file request by a host processor for transferring the file between the network and the storage device;
- and
- means for generating a command based on the file request for transferring the file between the network and the storage device without passing the file through the host processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.