Michael E Sheehan

US Patent:

7474656, Jan 6, 2009

Filed:

Feb 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/786911

Inventors:

Michael J. Sheehan - Naperville IL, US

Assignee:

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370390, 370255, 370408, 370432, 370400, 709231, 709217, 709245

Abstract:

A method and communication network for transferring data is described. For the method, responsive to executing first code in a first node in a communication network, the first node establishes a communication channel with a second node, replicates itself to generate second code, and provides the second code to the second node over the communication channel. Responsive to executing the second code in the second node, the second node establishes a communication channel with a third node, replicates itself to generate third code, and provides the third code to the third node over the communication channel. The second node then receives data from the first node over the communication channel and executes the second code to handle the data. The third node then receives the data from the second node over the communication channel and executes the third code to handle the data.

US Patent:

20050204053, Sep 15, 2005

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/095147

Inventors:

Michael Sheehan - Naperville IL, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709231000

Abstract:

Methods and software products are described for efficiently transferring a data stream to nodes of a communication network. According to the invention, one of the nodes executes code to establish a control channel with one or more remote nodes. The code then replicates itself on the node, and transmits the replication of the code over the control channel to the remote node(s). The remote nodes then execute the code as described any number of times until the control channel is established with each of the nodes in the communication network, and each of the nodes includes the code. The nodes then execute the code to establish a data channel for the nodes. With the control channel and the data channel established, an originating process may then transmit a data stream over the data channel to one or more of the nodes.