US 9,317,620 B2Granted

Server device

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsTomoki Nakamura, Fumitoshi Uno

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Abstract

The server device includes an index file generating unit, and a transferring unit. The index file generating unit generates an index file with respect to a prescribed directory in a hypertext format. The prescribed directory is a part of the hierarchy structure. The index file includes a list of identification information that identifies a file or a first subdirectory in the prescribed directory, and location information navigating to the file or the first subdirectory. The transferring unit transfers the index file to the client device in response to the command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the index file, whereas the transferring unit transfers the file stored in the storing unit in response to the command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the file other than the index file.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A server device configured to communicate with a client device via a network, the server device comprising:

a storing unit configured to stores a file in a directory that constructs a hierarchy structure;
a receiving unit configured to receives a command from the client device;
and
a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:
generate a first index file with respect to the directory and a second index file with respect to a first subdirectory of the directory, the first index file lists name of all the files existing in the directory and name of the first subdirectory, both the first index file and the second index file are in a hypertext format;
generate a first dummy file and a second dummy file, both being in a hypertext format, the first dummy file including first information to access directly to the file in the directory and a path of the file in the directory, and the second dummy file including second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and a path of the second index file, first dummy file including a first redirect command to redirect to the file in the directory and a file name of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a second redirect command to redirect to the second index file and a file name of the second index file, the first index file links to the first dummy file and the second dummy file by including a list of third information that identifies the file and a path of the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the part of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a list of fourth information that identifies the first subdirectory and a path of the second index file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the part of the first subdirectory;
store the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the path of the file in the directory and the second dummy file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the path of the first subdirectory;
transfer the first index file to the client device in response to the command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the first index file;
transfer the second index file to the client device in response to the command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the second index file caused by the second redirect command included in the second dummy file identified by the fourth information included in the second index file;
and
transfer the file stored in the storing unit in response to the command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the file caused by the first redirect command included in the first dummy file identified by the third information included in the first index file.

8 more elements

A file transfer system comprising:

a server device;
and
a client device,
wherein the server device is configured to communicate with the client device via a network, and the server device comprises:
a storing unit configured to stores a file in a directory that constructs a hierarchy structure;
a receiving unit configured to receives a first command, a second command, and a third command from the client device;
and
a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:
generate a first index file with respect to the directory and a second index file with respect to a first subdirectory of the directory, the first index file lists name of all the files existing in the directory and name of the first subdirectory, both the first index file and the second index file are in hypertext format;
generate a first dummy file and a second dummy file, both being in a hypertext format, the first dummy file including first information to access directly to the file in the directory and a path of the file in the directory, and the second dummy file including second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and a path of the second index file, the first dummy file including a first redirect command to redirect to the file in the directory and a file name of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a second redirect command to redirect to the second index file and a file name of the second index file, the first index file links to the first dummy file and the second dummy file by including a list of third information that identifies the file and a path of the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the part of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a list of fourth information that identifies the first subdirectory and a path of the second index file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the part of the first subdirectory;
store the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the path of the file in the directory and the second dummy file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the path of the first subdirectory;
transfer the first index file to the client device in response to the first command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the first index file,
transfer the second index file to the client device in response to the second command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the second index file;
and
transfer the file stored in the storing unit in response to the third command received at the receiving unit instructing to transfer the file caused by the first redirect command included in the first dummy file identified by the third information included in the first index file;
wherein the client device comprises:
a browser that is configured to display a file generated in a hypertext format and to access the file stored in the storing unit via the first dummy file;
a first command transferring unit that transfers the first command to transfer the first index file;
a second command transferring unit that transfers the second command to transfer the second index file;
and
a third command transferring unit that transfers the third command to transfer the file specified by the browser.

18 more elements

A method for controlling a server device that configured to communicate with a client device via a network, the server device including a storing unit that stores a file in a directory that constructs a hierarchy structure, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a command from the client device;
(b) generating a first index file with respect to the directory and a second index file with respect to a first subdirectory of the directory, the first index file lists name of all files existing in the directory and name of the first subdirectory, both the first index file and the second index file are in a hypertext format;
(c) generating a first dummy file and a second dummy file, both being in a hypertext format, the first dummy file including first information to access directly to the file in the directory and a path of the file in the directory, and the second dummy file including second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and a path of the second index file, the first dummy file including a first redirect command to redirect to the file in the directory and a file name of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a second redirect command to redirect to the second index file and a file name of the second index file, the first index file links to the first dummy file and the second dummy file by including a list of third information that identifies the file and a path of the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the part of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a list of fourth information that identifies the first subdirectory and a path of the second index file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the part of the first subdirectory;
(d) storing the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the path of the file in the directory and the second dummy file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the path of the first subdirectory;
(e) transferring the first index file to the client device in response to the command received at the receiving step (a) instructing to transfer the first index file;
(f) transferring the second index file to the client device in response to the command received a the receiving step (a) instructing to transfer the second index file;
and
(g) transferring the file stored in the server device in response to the command received at the receiving step (a) instructing to transfer the file caused by the first redirect command included in the first dummy file identified by the third information included in the first index file.

5 more elements

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions executable on a server device that is configured to communicate with a client device via a network, the server device including a storing unit for storing a file in a directory that constructs a hierarchy structure, the program instructions comprising:

(a) receiving a command from the client device;
(b) generating a first index file with respect to the directory and a second index file with respect to a first subdirectory of the directory, the first index file lists name of all files existing in the directory and name of the first subdirectory, both the first index file and the second index file are in a hypertext format;
(c) generating a first dummy file and a second dummy file, both being in a hypertext format, the first dummy file including first information to access directly to the file in the directory and a path of the file in the directory, and the second dummy file including second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and a path of the second index file, the first dummy file including a first redirect command to redirect to the file in the directory and a file name of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a second redirect command to redirect to the second index file and a file name of the second index file, the first index file links to the first dummy file and the second dummy file by including a list of third information that identifies the file and a path of the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the part of the file in the directory, the second dummy file including a list of fourth information that identifies the first subdirectory and a path of the second index file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the part of the first subdirectory;
(d) storing the first dummy file including the first information to access directly to the file in the directory and the path of the file in the directory and the second dummy file including the second information to access to the first subdirectory of the directory and the path of the first subdirectory;
(e) transferring the first index file to the client device in response to the command received at the receiving step (a) instructing to transfer the first index file;
(f) transferring the second index file to the client device in response to the command received a the receiving step (a) instructing to transfer the second index file caused by the second redirect command included in the second dummy file identified by the fourth information included in the second index file;
and
(g) transferring the file stored in the server device in response to the command received at the receiving step (a-1) instructing to transfer the file caused by the first redirect command included in the first dummy file identified by the third information included in the first index file.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/181,888Filed 29 Jul 2008
Priority: JP 2007-20017731 Jul 2007
Published: US 2009/0037433 A15 Feb 2009
Granted: 19 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 16/9566
Using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]: uRL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
H04L 67/06
Protocols: specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
G06F
Computing and data processing
H04L
Digital communication