Patent ID: 7143193
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting content, comprising the steps of opening a socket to a manager, the opening being performed by a first web server agent running on a first computer in a web service system if the first web server agent is not able to open a socket to a second web server agent running on a second computer in the web service system; sending a message from the first web server agent to the second web server agent via the manager, the message requesting that the second web server agent open a socket to the first web server agent; using the socket opened by the second web server agent to send a further message from the first web server agent to the second web server agent; identifying, by the first web server agent, a portion of a file for transmission to the second web server agent, the first and second web server agents each providing an interface between the web service system and the first and second computers respectively; and transmitting the portion of the file from the first web server agent to the second web server agent; and storing, by the second web server agent, the portion of the transmitted file.