US 2009/0024991 A1 · METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING DOWNLOAD REQUESTS RECEIVED TO DOWNLOAD FILES FROM A SERVER

Abstract

A method, system and program product for managing downloads of files from a server. The method includes presetting, using a tool, a threshold number of allowable connections for each client requesting connections to download files from a server. The method further includes identifying, using the tool, a client requesting one or more connections to download a file and tracking, using the tool, whether or not the client has exceeded the threshold number of allowable connections preset. If the client has not exceeded the threshold number of allowable connections preset, allowing the one or more connections up to the threshold number of allowable connections preset for the client to download the file from the server and if the client has exceeded the threshold number of allowable connections preset, preventing the client from connecting to the server, such that overloading of the server with too many simultaneous active connections is minimized.

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Dependent claims

A method of managing downloads of files from a server in a computer infrastructure, said method comprising the steps of:

presetting, using a download managing tool, a threshold number of allowable connections for each of a plurality of clients requesting connections to download files from a server in a computer infrastructure;
identifying, using said download managing tool, a respective client of said plurality of clients requesting one or more connections to download a file from said server;
tracking, using said download managing tool, whether or not said respective client of said plurality of clients has exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections preset;
if said respective client has not exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections preset, allowing said one or more connections up to said threshold number of allowable connections preset for said respective client to download said file from said server;
and
if said respective client has exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections preset, preventing said respective client from connecting to said server, wherein overloading of said server with too many simultaneous active connections is minimized.

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A system for managing download requests for files from a server that minimizes overloading of said server, said system comprising:

a network communications channel;
a server connected to said network communications channel and having deployed thereon a tool for managing download connection requests received by said server from one or more clients connected to said network communications channel for downloading one or more files from said server, said tool being configured to permit a respective client of said one or more clients who has not exceeded a threshold number of allowable connections preset for said respective client to open up one or more connections requested in a download request to said server for downloading a respective file of said one or more files, said one or more connections opened up to said server not exceeding said threshold number of allowable connections preset for said respective client, said tool being further configured to prevent said respective client from opening up said one or more connections requested in said download request to said server for downloading said respective file if said respective client has exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections preset for said respective client;
wherein overloading of said server with too many simultaneous active connections is minimized.

A computer program product for managing connection requests received for downloading one or more files from a server, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;
first program instructions to preset a threshold number of allowable connections for each of a plurality of clients requesting connections to download files from a server in a computer infrastructure;
second program instructions to identify in a connection request received a respective client of said plurality of clients requesting one or more connections to download a file from said server;
third program instructions to track whether or not said respective client of said plurality of clients has exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections, wherein said third program instructions include instructions to allow said one or more connections, up to said threshold number of allowable connections preset, to said respective client to download said file from said server, if said respective client has not exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections preset;
wherein said third program instructions include instructions to deny said one or more connections to said respective client to download said file from said server, if said respective client has exceeded said threshold number of allowable connections preset;
and wherein said first, second and third program instructions are recorded on said computer readable medium, executable by a processor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method, system and program product for managing download requests received to download files from a server

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Method, system and program product for managing download requests received to download files from a server

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