Patent ID: 8171165

Claim:
A file conversion system located within a web space comprising a plurality of devices, the file conversion system comprising: a receiving module receiving a file in a format provided by a file providing end; a sharing module splitting the file into pieces and allocating an assigned piece to each of the plurality of devices; a conversion module converting the format of the file provided by the file providing end into a format supported by a file receiving end, wherein the conversion module is equipped to each device for obtaining the assigned piece and conducting a converting operation to the assigned piece, and after the converting operation, the assigned piece of each device is collected by the sharing module; a database module recording a profile of the file receiving end, with the profile comprising a format supported by the file receiving end; and a transmission module transmitting the file to the file receiving end via a network, wherein each of the receiving module, the conversion module, the database module, the transmission module and the sharing module is configured as a hardware device, a firmware or an electric circuit, wherein the transmission module transmits a stream file when transmitting the file to the file receiving end, and the transmission module comprises a file register module temporarily storing the stream file; and wherein if the format of the file is not supported by the file receiving end, the conversion module converts, in accordance with the profile of the file receiving end, the format of the file into the format supported by the file receiving end so as to allow the transmission module to transmit the file to the file receiving end.