Patent ID: 9485300
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method of managing file distribution between publishing and subscribing devices, comprising: at a transporter system, receiving from a publisher device a publish request for publishing a version of a dataset, wherein the publish request has a predefined format that includes an identity of the dataset, an identity of the version of the dataset, and an identity of a location for the version of the dataset, wherein the version of the dataset includes a complete dataset or an incremental update to a previous version of the dataset; the transporter system updating a registry to associate the version of the dataset with the identity of the dataset, version, and location; and the transporter system publishing the version of the dataset to any subscribers devices that have previously sent subscribe requests for such dataset to the transporter system such that the complete dataset or incremental update to the previous version of the dataset is sent to the subscriber devices that have previously sent subscribe requests for such dataset to the transporter system; wherein the publisher device has no knowledge of any subscriber devices to the dataset, and any subscriber devices to such dataset have no knowledge of the publisher device.