METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTED FILE TRANSFER

摘要

An architecture for improving the waiting time to download documents from the Internet and a set of methods are disclosed. A methodology is disclosed to improve download time from a number of sites containing component data denoted component based downloading (CBD). The components are downloaded autonomously and reassembled at the client site. A methodology is disclosed for downloading large files using an application denoted file segment transfer protocol (FSTP). FSTP is an application which sends data over UDP and provides its own error control and retransmission. Transfer rates and parameters such as packet size which effect file transfer latency can either be pre-selected or determined dynamically. A second architecture is disclosed which is denoted Distributed File Transfer (DFT). DFT illustrates a more automated approach to file size and server load determination procedures.