Thomas R Mercer

US Patent:

59959827, Nov 30, 1999

Filed:

Apr 28, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/067345

Inventors:

Thomas J. Mercer - Meridian ID

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc. - Boise ID

International Classification:

G06F 944
G06F 1730

US Classification:

707203

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for transferring data files to several computers on a network is disclosed. The cascade release maintains a list of computers to which the file is to be distributed. This list is subdivided and only the first computers on the lists are transferred the file and the subdivided list. These computers themselves take the subdivided list and further subdivide it and transfer the file to the computers now first on the new lists. This continues until all computers receive the distributed file. In order to ensure the integrity of transfer, an initial checksum is compared to the checksum of the transferred files.

US Patent:

57456798, Apr 28, 1998

Filed:

Mar 6, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/611798

Inventors:

Thomas J. Mercer - Meridian ID

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc. - Boise ID

International Classification:

G06F 944
G06F 946
G06F 1730

US Classification:

39520001

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for transferring data files to several computers on a network is disclosed. The cascade release maintains a list of computers to which the file is to be distributed. This list is subdivided and only the first computers on the lists are transferred the file and the subdivided list. These computers themselves take the subdivided list and further subdivide it and transfer the file to the computers now first on the new lists. This continues until all computers receive the distributed file. In order to ensure the integrity of transfer, an initial checksum is compared to the checksum of the transferred files.