Patent ID: 7925759
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G16H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmission of digital data between at least two separate locations, the method comprising: separating the data arriving at one of the locations into at least bulk content and metadata; selecting one or more target locations from the locations for storage based on a calculation using storage capacity available at respective ones of the target locations, processor utilization available at respective ones of the target locations, and network bandwidth available to respective ones of the target locations, the calculation transforming values relating to the storage capacity, the processing utilization and the network bandwidth associated with the target locations into rankings of the target locations with respect to each other; transmitting the bulk content to at least one of the selected target locations; and storing the bulk content at the at least one of the selected target location % wherein, when the bulk content has been stored at the selected target locations and an event occurs that changes the rankings of the locations, the method further comprises determining that the rankings of one or more locations have changed; and