Method of integrating remote databases by automated client scoping of update requests prior to download via a communications network

摘要

A system and method enable the selection of a time range of database records for download from a source database source and for transfer to a recipient database. A specifically bounded time period is selected to limit the number of data records selected for download in a particular action to those records that are individually associated with date time stamp values falling within the specified time period. This limitation of records selected for inclusion in a download process to data records having associations with date time stamps falling within a limited time range reduces a likelihood of overload in transferring data and thereby reduces the incidence of time-outs in the communication of a source database, any intermediary server or software action, and the recipient database in an updating of the recipient database to reflect a current state of the source database. A plurality of threads may be employed to contemporaneously download records associated with date time stamps having values within a requested time range whereby data records may be downloaded in parallel.

主权项

1. In an electronics communications network (“the network”) comprising an application server and a remote server, a computer-implemented method comprising:
a. establishing a database management software (“DBMS”) at the database server, the DBMS adapted to update a first database of the database server with information received from the remote server; b. the application server receiving a count of individual database records that have been updated at the remote server within an identified time range; c. when the count of individual database records is less than a pre-specified maximum count, the application server directing the remote server to download a corresponding plurality of database records as enumerated by the count of individual database records via the network.