Patent ID: 7343301
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing notification of the status of a data transfer process by which data is transferred from a primary computer to a secondary computer, the system comprising: a primary computer and a secondary computer; a management computer for distributing at least to the primary computer a set of distribution rules for the data transfer process; the primary computer having data to be transferred by the data transfer process to the secondary computer in accordance with the distribution rules; a first communication link, between the management computer and the primary computer, over which the set of distribution rules are transferred and over which status information relating to the data transfer process can be communicated; a second communication link between the primary computer and the secondary computer; wherein the primary computer includes means for initiating the data transfer process in accordance with the distribution rules and transferring the data over the second communication link to the secondary computer; wherein the secondary computer includes means for providing to the primary computer, over the second communication link, information, in accordance with the distribution rules, regarding a status of data actually received at the secondary computer by the data transfer process; wherein the primary computer includes means for providing to the management computer, over the first communication link, information, in accordance with the distribution rules, regarding a status of the data transfer process, including a status of an initiation of the data transfer process by the primary computer and the status of data actually received by the secondary computer by the data transfer process; and wherein the management computer includes means for providing a notification based upon the information regarding the status of the data transfer process to one or more designated destinations based on the set of distribution rules.