Patent ID: 7277913

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a distributed file system including a plurality of remote systems, the plurality of remote systems including a sender site and a receiver site, the sender site to transfer a file to the receiver site; a local queue accessible by the sender site to store data associated with the transfer of the file; and a remote queue accessible by the receiver site to store data associated with the transferred file and including: a next attempt time indicator, the next attempt time indicator specifying a next time to install the transferred file from the sender site on the receiver site; and an attempt counter, the attempt counter indicating how many attempts have been made by the receiver site to install the transferred file on the receiver site, wherein receiving the file at the receiver site is independent of installing the file at the receiver site, and wherein the attempt counter and the next attempt time indicator operate together to exponentially back off each subsequent try by the receiver site to install the transferred file on the receiver site.