US 2019/0104169 A1 · METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR TRANSCEIVING FILES THROUGH NETWORKS AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME

Abstract

The invention introduces an apparatus for transmitting files through networks, at least including a processing unit and a communications interface. The processing unit determines whether a real-time network situation is favorable; determines a first protocol over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to carry out a file upload or download task if the real-time network situation is favorable; determines a second protocol over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to carry out the file upload or download task if the real-time network situation is not favorable; and sends or receives data fragments via the communications interface to or from a storage server using the determined protocol.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An apparatus for transmitting files through networks, comprising:

a communications interface;
and
a processing unit, coupled to the communications interface, determining whether a real-time network situation is favorable;
determining a first protocol over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to carry out a file upload or download task if the real-time network situation is favorable;
determining a second protocol over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to carry out the file upload or download task if the real-time network situation is not favorable;
and sending or receiving a plurality of data fragments to or from a storage server by the determined protocol via the communications interface.

3 more elements

A non-transitory computer program product for transmitting files through networks when executed by a processing unit of a client, the computer program product comprising program code to:

determine whether a real-time network situation is favorable;
determine a first protocol over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to carry out a file upload or download task if the real-time network situation is favorable;
determine a second protocol over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to carry out the file upload or download task if the real-time network situation is not favorable;
and
send or receive a plurality of data fragments to or from a storage server by the determined protocol via the communications interface.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/989,818Filed 25 May 2018

Priority

3 Oct 2017

Published

4 Apr 2019

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

H04L 67/06
Protocols: specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
G06F 16/183
Implemented using Network-attached Storage [NAS] architecture: provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS
H04L 43/08
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or…
H04L 67/10
Protocols: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network

Methods and computer program products for transceiving files through networks and apparatuses using the same

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Methods and computer program products for transceiving files through networks and apparatuses using the same

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Claims23