Patent ID: 7155578
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring files using file transfer protocol (FTP) from a first memory associated with a first processing portion to a second processing portion, the method comprising: placing a file in the first memory; determining a destination of the file based on configuration parameters associated with the first memory, the destination of the file being the second processing portion; and attempting to establish a connection between the first processing portion and the second processing portion in order to transfer the file from the first memory to the second processing portion; wherein the first processing portion includes a second memory into which a second file is placed for transferring using FTP, the method further including: implementing a first set of instructions as a result of placing the file in the first memory, the first set of instructions identifying the second processing portion as the destination, the first set of instructions and the first memory associated with and, for sending to, only a single destination, which is the second processing portion; and implementing a second set of instructions as a result of placing the second file in the second memory, the first set of instructions being different than the second set of instructions, the second set of instructions identifying a further processing portion as the destination, the further processing portion being different than the second processing portion; the second set of instructions and the second memory associated with, and for sending to, only a single destination, which is the further processing portion.