Patent ID: 6018780
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for transferring a file to a remote unit using plurality of computers, said remote unit having a plurality of communication ports equal in number to the number of said plurality of computers, comprising the steps of:a. dividing said file into a plurality of portions equal in number to the number of said plurality of communication ports and to the number of said plurality of computers with each portion being equal in amount of data;b. starting a communication of a first portion of said plurality of portions from a first computer to a first port of said remote unit;c. communicating a message from said first computer to each other computer of said plurality of computers requesting each other computer of said plurality of computers to communicate its respective portion of said plurality of portions to a respective port of said remote unit;d. starting a communication of each other portion of said plurality of portions from each other computer of said plurality of computers to each other computer's respective port of said remote unit while said first computer is communicating said first portion to said remote unit;e. completing communication of said first portion to said remote unit;f. completing communication of said other portions to said remote unit; andwherein if the other computer does not complete communication of the other portion to said remote unit and advise said first computer of that completion within a predetermined time, said first computer communicates the other portion of the file stored in the first computer to said first port of said remote unit.