US Patent:
20120131087, May 24, 2012
Inventors:
Richard T. Russo - Redmond WA, US
Aaron Matthew Tyler - Redmond WA, US
Bruce Green - Seattle WA, US
Blaine Young - Redmond WA, US
Alaa H. Abdelhalim - Bellevue WA, US
Roger D. Seielstad - Redmond WA, US
Peter A. Gurevich - Woodinville WA, US
Vittal Pai - Redmond WA, US
Andrew Sveikauskas - Seattle WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
G06F 5/14
G06F 15/173
US Classification:
709203, 709228, 709224, 710 56
Abstract:
A system and a process for deploying a computer file involves a client computer applying the computer file concurrently with downloading the computer file from a file server. The concurrent operations can be performed even when the data of the computer file is downloaded out of order. The computer file includes a plurality of file segments. The client computer obtains information defining the file segments and monitors the received data of the computer file during downloading. When downloading of a file segment is complete, the client computer applies the completed segment concurrently with receiving other segments of the computer file from the file server. The process can be used when the computer file is downloaded using a multicast protocol, but is not limited to use with multicast protocols. The client computer can request only needed segments of the computer file.