Context-aware network storage
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorScott Charles SULLIVAN
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Abstract
Techniques for sending data over a computer network from an origination computer to a destination computer are presented. The techniques include: receiving a demand communication from the origination computer, where the demand communication specifies at least one network parameter; determining that a path through the network from the origination computer to the destination computer that complies with the at least one network parameter is not available; sending data from the origination computer to a node in the network over a path that complies with the at least one network parameter, where the node is not the destination computer; and storing the data at the node in persistent memory.
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A method of sending data over a computer network from an origination computer to a destination computer, the method comprising:
- receiving a first demand communication from the origination computer, wherein the first demand communication specifies at least one network parameter;
- determining that a path through the network from the origination computer to the destination computer that complies with the at least one network parameter is not available;
- sending data from the origination computer to a node in the network over a path that complies with the at least one network parameter, wherein the node is not the destination computer;
- storing the data at the node;
- receiving a second demand communication from the node;
- determining that a path from the node to one of a next node or the destination computer is available;
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- sending the data from the node to the one of the next node or the destination computer.
A system for sending data over a computer network from an origination computer to a destination computer, the system comprising:
- an origination computer disposed to send a first demand communication to a traffic engineering manager, wherein the first demand communication specifies at least one network parameter;
- a traffic engineering manager disposed to receive the first demand communication from the origination computer and determine that a path through the network from the origination computer to the destination computer that complies with the at least one network parameter is not available;
- a node in the network disposed to receive the data from the origination computer over a path that complies with the at least one network parameter and store the data at the node, wherein the node is not the destination computer, wherein the node is disposed to send a second demand communication to a second traffic engineering manager, the system further comprising:
- a second traffic engineering manager disposed to receive the second demand communication from the node and determine that a path from the node to one of a next node or the destination computer is available,
- wherein the node sends to data to the one of the next node or the destination computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.