TW200806025A - Computer systems and methods for data downloading thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A computer system is disclosed. The system comprises a connecting interface, a download device and at least one first computer. The first computer generates a script file. The download device, coupled to the first computer via the connecting interface, comprises a processing unit, a network interface and a storage unit. When the download device and the first computer are disconnected, the processing unit finds and executes a corresponding download procedure according to the script file. A download result is then stored in the storage unit.

Description

200806025 IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a computer system and a data downloading method thereof, and more particularly to a computer system for transmitting peer-to-peer (P2P) data and a data transmission method thereof. [Previous technology #ί] In the application of the network, the transmission of data between different computer devices in the network _ and sharing is a common application. In recent years, peer-to-peer (P2P) data transmission has transmission. It is very popular because of its speed, variety of materials, and the ability to provide more users at the same time. In general, when performing P2P transmission, a computer device such as a personal computer or a notebook computer will set the content of the data to be transmitted through the software supporting the point-to-point transmission, and then download it. For example, taking a commonly used P2P download software BT (BitTorrent) as an example, when a user wants to download a file, the BT program in the computer device can be turned on to set the content data to be downloaded, and then the BT program can be based on The set download content downloads the set data from the network. These include information on downloading information, such as the name of the file to be downloaded and the location of the link, etc., which will be stored in a file called a description file. Due to the limitation of the network bandwidth, it takes a long time to download a large amount of data such as video data, and the computer device that performs P2P transmission during the entire downloading process must be kept on, which will cause power loss of the computer device. In addition, the downloaded data is only stored in this computer device. Other computer devices must be in the computer device with the downloaded data to obtain this data, making the sharing of data very inconvenient.

Clienfs Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TT5s Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung 5 200806025 [Summary Content] In view of this, the download device of the present invention can provide a computer device with::C for independent Execution in the download device, there may be a problem that: the work to be processed in the long day is difficult to move. The above power supply and resource sharing #八®) The present invention provides a computer system including a interface, a download device, and at least one connection

The device is used to generate a _ _ _ 。 。 。 。 。. Brother, a computer brain device is lightly connected and =. : The carrier device through the connection interface and the first-electric-storage list t include: the lower binary, the network connection interface μ, and the virtual computer-twisted station downloading the clothing and the first computer device are not connected According to the description slot, the two-loaded program is found and executed by the storage unit and is generated in the storage unit after the downloading process is completed. Storage, and storage of fruit for a data download method, including the following first "sent by a brother - computer device - description file. Then, a download is strong: receiving the description right, and when the connection with the first computer device is not connected, the download program of the file is executed. Finally, after the completion of the sequence of the corresponding insertion file, the storage downloads one of the downloaded results from the network for downloading. In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention clear, the following is specifically described. The preferred embodiments are described below in conjunction with the drawings. F. [Embodiment] Fig. 1 shows a diagram of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The computer system 100 includes three computer devices 11〇, 112 to =

Clienfs Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TPs Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung (200806025 114 and a download device 130, and the computer device U〇, n, the connection device and the download device f 13q_.^ and妾 '丨 120 can be a wired network interface such as Ethernet ^ person = AN) 'or wireless network interface (wlAN), can also be kiss = face interface. Therefore, these computer devices can communicate with the download device 130 via the connection interface 12, and wirelessly transmit the data to the download device 130. [: or the user interface UI can be provided by the user interface UI. The content of the content is stored in the downloading device 130. The downloading unit 130 includes a processing unit 132 and a network remote storage unit. The processing unit 丨32 has an execution function: force, and can initiate related downloading. The program performs the specified work. Network connection: can be a wired or wireless network interface, through a wired or wireless disk network connection 'so that the download device 130 can obtain the second storage unit 136 from the connection network, including the download to execute the above description slot = : The download results after the completion of the download can also be stored in it. The download program is one or more programs that can perform the work specified by the above description file. _ For example, if the description file is a P2P description file, the download program is a program for downloading P2P. For example, if the computer device ιι〇 sends a description file of the BT, the storage unit 136 of the download device 13 can store the source program of the BT, so that the download device (10) can perform the download operation according to the content of the description file of the town. The storage unit 136 includes a plurality of storage elements, such as a flash memory (FIash) 3 62, a static random access ☆ k, a body (SRAM) 1364, and a hard disk 1366, among others, in a flash memory. There is an embedded operating system (embedded sys; 'em), negative memory management and task scheduling, hard disk 1366 can contain several under

Client 5s Docket N〇.:TW95047GB TT5s Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung 7 200806025 Loaded program. When the content of the download device 13 is marked by the hard disk 1366 according to the description, the corresponding download program is searched for, and then loaded into the static random execution. Finally, the download will be completed in ^^己](10) in the 1366. Among them, Bu Xiongxiong, download, and, fruit) are stored in the hard magnetic program fish download α fruit ~ two $ have more than one can also be downloaded 枉 UM separately placed on different disks. The value of thinking is that 虔 蒂 - - . Single-chip (SOPC), the components inside it can be a system-programmable component, the human phase in the blood can be used according to the needs of the phase processor (such as :arm processing 5^n99 ^ 円τ has 裱m) memory controller, USB control and input/round-out controller (not shown), etc., interconnected through internal unified bus Control and access storage units. In addition, the processing unit 132 can also add a smear-A, as early as the other, in addition to the group, in order to have the necessary Wei. Each view of wisdom _ money group (10) mod 42: display two according to the embodiment of the present invention, the data download method is not installed in the computer. Please note that the 'download request may be issued by any of the computer devices, 112 or 114. It is assumed here that the computer device 110 issues a download request. When the user of the computer device 11 intends to perform P2P transmission, the user first opens the interface as a interface, and sets a message for downloading the data (step S210). After the setting is completed, the user interface can be closed. 'These feeds will be stored in a description broadcast (scdptfile) SF. Next, the computer device 110 transmits the description file to the download device 130 (step S220). After the setting is completed, if the computer device 11 does not handle other work, the computer device 11 can be turned off (step S23), and the computer device 110 and the download device 130 are in an unconnected state, that is, in an offline state. Figure 3 shows the download method of the data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Clients Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TT^s Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung 8 200806025 Schematic diagram of the device side. Please note that this method can be performed when the download device and the computer device are not connected. First, the downloading device 130 receives the description file SF (step S310). After the downloading device 130 receives the description file SF sent by the computer device 110, the processing unit therein determines that it is a P2P download request according to the description file SF, and therefore, the P2P download corresponding to the description file SF is found in the storage unit 136. The program (step S320), and the downloading process is executed (step S330). Then, the downloading device 130 downloads the desired tribute through the network connection interface 134 to the connected network according to the content of the description file SF. Finally, when the downloading process is completed, the download result storage is stored in the storage unit 136 (step S340). As can be seen from FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, when the download is to be performed, the computer device 110 only performs the download setting, generates the description file SF and transmits it to the download device 130, and then the download device 130 performs the download operation, and the computer device 110 does not need to wait for the download. The completion is completed even after the setting is completed. Therefore, the power loss of the computer device 110 can be minimized, and the life of the computer device parts can be reduced by avoiding a large amount of power loss caused by the long-time startup of the computer device. In addition, the downloading device 130 stores the downloaded data in its storage unit 136. If other computer devices, such as the computer device 112 or 114 in FIG. 1, also need this information, only the self-downloading device is required. This information can be obtained from the storage unit 136 of 130. Therefore, it is easy to achieve the purpose of sharing data to multiple computer devices. Fig. 4 is a view showing a method of sharing data according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, assuming that the computer device 112 wants to acquire the downloaded material downloaded from the content of the description file SF, it first makes a request to the downloading device 130 (step S410). The downloading device then checks if there is such downloaded material in the storage unit (step S420). If the download device finds this in the storage unit

Clienfs Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TT's Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Finai/Jasonkung 9 200806025 If the information is downloaded (YES in step S420), the confirmation message is sent back to the computer device 112 that issued the request, and the storage unit is The downloaded data is transmitted to the computer device 112 through the connection interface (step S430). On the other hand, if the downloading device finds that there is no such downloaded data in the storage unit (No in step S420), the information is returned to the computer device 112, and the request is rejected, so that the computer device 112 knows that the required data is not in the storage unit of the downloading device. in. At this time, the computer device 112 can end the operation or follow the steps shown in Fig. 2 to additionally set a new profile to the download device 130 (step S440). Similarly, the computer device 114 can also obtain the same data by the above method. Therefore, all devices in the computer system can share data through the download device, so that sharing can be easily realized. In addition, the computer system of the present invention can be used in other work that requires long-term execution of the computer device, and these tasks that require long-term execution can be moved to the download device for execution. For example, the pre-recording of digital video broadcasting (DVB) programs also requires the computer device to be executed for a long time in the power-on state, which also causes the aforementioned power loss and resource sharing inconvenience. Therefore, we can move the pre-recording of the digital video broadcasting (DVB) program to the downloading device. At the same time, the pre-recording related hardware of the digital video broadcast program is added to the download device. Fig. 5 is a view showing a computer system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. The computer devices 510, 512 and 514, the interface 520 and the download device 530 in the computer system 500 are similar to the computer devices 110, 112 and 114, the interface 120 and the download device 130 in the computer system 100 of Fig. 1, respectively, with the difference that The download device 530 has a receiving antenna 540, a signal processing unit 550, and an encoder 560 for receiving and processing digital video broadcast program signals. Receiving antenna 540 is used to connect

Client's Docket N〇.:TW95047GB TT^ Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jason]amg 10 200806025 Receive video broadcast program signal, signal processing unit 550 can decode the received signal' and then pass the encoder The 560 produces the signal format to be recorded. The encoder 560 can be disposed outside the processing unit or disposed in the processing unit. It is worth noting that the downloading device must have a related downloading program that can be pre-recorded, so when the pre-recording request is received, the downloading device can initiate the related downloading program to perform the pre-recording action. In addition, the signal processing unit 55 can set different signal processing modules according to requirements, for example, a digital video broadcast signal processing module capable of decoding a digital video broadcast program signal, or a cable television can be decoded. Signal cable TV signal processing module. Fig. 6 is a view showing a data downloading method according to another embodiment of the present invention on a computer device side. Please note that the download request here is a download requirement for a pre-recorded video broadcast program, which may be issued by any of the computer devices 510, 512 or 514, assuming that the download request is issued by the computer device 514. When the user of the computer device 514 intends to perform pre-recording of the digital video broadcast program, the user operation interface is first opened to set the information of the digital video program to be pre-recorded (less steps S61). After the setting is completed, the user interface can be closed by φ, and the data will be stored in a description file SF2. The content of the description file SF2 at this time may include information such as a time period to be pre-recorded and a channel to be pre-recorded. Next, the computer device 510 transmits the description file SF2 to the download device 53 (step S620). At this time, the computer device 510 can be turned off so that the computer device 510 and the download device 530 are in an unconnected state (step S630). Figure 7 is a diagram showing the data downloading method on the downloading device side according to another embodiment of the present invention. Similarly, this method can be performed in a state where the download device and the computer device are not connected. First, the download device 530 receives the description.

Clienfs Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TT5s Docket No: 0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung 11 200806025 describes SF2 (step S710). After the description file SF2 is sent, the night device 530 is connected to the computer device 51 to determine that it is a pre-recording request, and therefore the processing unit stores the file SF2 according to the description file SJ? The correspondence is found in the unit 536 (step S720), and the broadcast (DVB) program pre-recording downloading program is executed, and then the downloading means 53 squats and pre-records the downloading program (step S73). And the encoder 560 receives and records the digital position according to the content of the antenna 54G, the signal processing unit 550, and the SF2

爯 蒋; Weng η. Finally, when the pre-recording downloading process is completed, the U is stored in the casting unit 536 (step S740). Thus, all computers in the computer system 500 can share the DVB pre-recorded program through the download device 530. ^, 上四浼明 provides several different embodiments or different methods of applying the invention. The specific I and the methods in the examples are intended to help explain the main spirit and purpose of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, and is not intended to be limited to the details of the invention, and may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

Client's Docket N〇.: TW95047GB 12 TT?s Docket No:0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung 200806025 [Simplified Schematic] FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a computer system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing a data downloading method according to an embodiment of the present invention on a computer device side. Fig. 3 is a view showing a data downloading method according to an embodiment of the present invention on the downloading device side. Figure 4 is a diagram showing a method of data sharing in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a diagram showing a computer system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a diagram showing the data downloading method on the computer device side according to another embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is a diagram showing the data downloading method on the downloading device side according to another embodiment of the present invention. [Main component symbol description] 110, 112, 114~ computer device; 130~ download device; 132~ processing unit; 136~ storage unit; S310-S340~ step; SF, SF2~ description file; 510, 512, 514~ computer Device; 530~ download device; 540~ antenna; 5 60~ coder; S710-S740~ step; 1362~ flash memory; 100~ computer system, 120~ connection interface;

UI~user operation interface 134~network connection interface; S210-S230~step; S410-S440~step; 5(8)~computer system; 520~connection interface; UI~user operation interface 550~signal processing unit; S610-S630 ~ Step; 1322 ~ ARM processor; 1364 ~ SRAM; 13 66 ~ hard disk.

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Claims (1)

200806025 X. Patent application scope: 1. A computer system comprising: at least a first computer device for generating a description file; a connection interface; and a download device coupled to the first computer device through the connection interface The downloading device includes: a processing unit; a network connection interface; and a storage unit, wherein: when the downloading device is not connected to the first computer device, the processing unit can perform the storing according to the description file A corresponding downloading program in the unit, and generating a download result in the storage unit after the downloading process is completed. 2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first computer device includes an operating interface for generating the description file. 3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a plurality of computer devices, and the download result is accessed through the connection interface. 4. For example, the computer system described in the application for a patent is included in the network. The network connection interface includes wireless and wired network interfaces. 5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is a system programmable single chip (SOPC). 6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein the system programmable chip comprises an ARM processor. 7. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the downloading device further comprises: Client's Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TT5s Docket No: 0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung 14 200806025 A receiving antenna 'receives one a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) signal; and a signal processing unit 'for processing the received digital video broadcast signal. 8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the signal processing unit comprises a numerical video broadcast signal processing module. 9. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the signal processing unit comprises a cable television (cableTV) signal processing module. 10. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the downloading program is a peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading program. The computer system as described in the scope of the patent application, wherein the downloading program is a digital video broadcast television program downloading program. 12. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the connection interface is a USB interface or a network interface. 13. The computer system according to the application of the patent specification, wherein the storage unit comprises a static random access memory (1), a human "), a memory (FLASH), and a hard disk. 14. A method for downloading data, comprising the steps of: generating a description file by a first computer device; and executing, by the download device, the download device and the first computer are not far away from each other, and executing a corresponding description file Downloading the program; and after the downloading process corresponding to the description file is completed, storing the download result from one of the net downloading devices in the downloading device, and the data downloading method described in the 14th item of the war, further 15. if the patent application scope includes After the first computer device issues the description file, the first computer Client's Docket N〇.: TW95047GB TT5s Docket No: 0932-A50742-TW/Final/Jasonkung, 200806025 device is closed. The method for downloading data according to item 14 of the scope further includes a step of: accessing the download result by at least one second computer device. 17. Downloading the data as described in claim 14 The method further includes a step of: providing an operation interface for generating the description file. 18. The method for downloading data according to claim 14 of the patent application, which further includes when the description file is a point-to-point (P2P) description In the case of a file, a 10-point-to-point download procedure is executed, and when the description file is a digital video broadcast (DVB) program description file, a digital video broadcast program downloading program is executed. 19. The information as described in claim 14 a downloading method, wherein the processing unit of the downloading device executes the downloading program, and the corresponding downloading program and the downloading result are stored in a storage unit of the downloading device. Clienfs Docket No. :TW95047GB 16 TT's Docket No:0932 -A50742_TW/Final/Jasonkung