System for distributing files and transmitting/receiving distributed files

Abstract

A system for distributing files and transmitting / receiving the distributed files includes a file distribution / transmission / reception module depending upon an application program executable in a client computer and is performed in a background process of an application program execution module. The file distribution / transmission / reception module receives the files designated by a host computer from a network and then stores the received files, while the application program is executed. The file distribution / transmission / reception module transmits corresponding files to another client computer if the corresponding files exist, in response to another client computer's request for transmission of files designated on the host computer. The system distributes a load of the network and increases a file transmission rate by receiving and storing distributed transmission files while the application program is executed, and reduces the network load associated with a file storage computer by receiving the transmission files from the file storage computer and from other client computers.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This utility patent application is a continuation of allowed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 628,938 filed on Jul. 28, 2003, which claims priority to Republic of Korea Patent Application No. 10-2002-0045830 filed on Aug. 2, 2002, all of the priority benefits of which are claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120 and 35 U.S.C. §119, respectively, and both of which are further incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a system for distributing files and transmitting / receiving the distributed files, and more particularly to technologies of distributing files through a network and transmitting / receiving the distributed files. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] When a predetermined application program is executed in a method for transmitting / receiving files through a conventional network, a corresponding application program execution module sends ...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a system for distributing files and transmitting / receiving the distributed files. The system includes a file distribution / transmission / reception module that receives files designated on a host computer from a network and stores them while an application program is executed. The system can also transmit corresponding files to another client computer if they exist, and receive corresponding files from a client computer connected to a sub-network. The file transmission request can be sent to other client computers connected to the host computer or a file storage computer designated by the host computer. The technical effects of the invention include efficient file distribution and transmission, improved data security, and convenient file sharing.

Problems solved by technology

However, where the capacity of files to be updated in the above-described conventional method is large and the number of computers desiring to access the update server is large when the update operation is performed, the load of a network is significant, and hence a connection to the update server may be frequently cut off or may not be appropriately performed.

However, since the method independently and separately performs a process of transmitting the files to be updated and a process of executing the application program, there is another problem in that a period of time for waiting for the corresponding application program to be executed is long, where the number of files to be updated and the file capacity are large.

Moreover, there is another problem in that the method can receive only update files needed for executing the application program and cannot receive other files needed for executing other application programs.

Images