Patent ID: 9392048
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmitting data via a data link in a computer network, comprising: receiving a request for transmission of select data in a select format from a client computer at a server in a computer network, wherein the computer network is formed by a plurality of interconnected network devices that include the client computer and the server; selecting an initial format for the select data from one or more predetermined data formats; selecting a computer program from one or more predetermined computer programs such that the selected computer program is configured to transform the select data from the initial format to the select format; selecting a transformation device from the plurality of network devices for transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; transferring the computer program to said transformation device, wherein the transformation device is configured to execute said computer program after completion of the transferring for subsequent transformation of the select data from the initial format to the select format; sending the select data from a source to the transformation device in the initial format; transforming the select data from the initial format to the select format by executing the computer program at the transformation device to process the select data; and transmitting the select data from the transformation device to the client computer in the select format to fulfill the request from the client computer.