WO2008030494A2 - Système, procédé et logiciel pour créer, conserver, parcourir ou manipuler des relations et des connexions de communication client-serveur ou sans serveur dans un réseau privé ou un réseau virtuel privé - Google Patents

Système, procédé et logiciel pour créer, conserver, parcourir ou manipuler des relations et des connexions de communication client-serveur ou sans serveur dans un réseau privé ou un réseau virtuel privé Download PDF

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WO2008030494A2
WO2008030494A2 PCT/US2007/019402 US2007019402W WO2008030494A2 WO 2008030494 A2 WO2008030494 A2 WO 2008030494A2 US 2007019402 W US2007019402 W US 2007019402W WO 2008030494 A2 WO2008030494 A2 WO 2008030494A2
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  • the field of the present invention relates generally to computer systems, private computer networks or private virtual networks for managed peer to peer communications and to methods and software for accessing, utilizing and managing private computer networks or virtual private networks including servers and clients for the transfer of digital media. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system, methods and software for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting relationship between servers with other servers and/or clients within a private or virtual private network for managed peer to peer communications with respect to digital file transfers.
  • the invention also relates to an application programming interface ("API") and software useful for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting such relationships as a complex relationship graph, or as a set of complex relationship graphs to permit management of peer to peer communications and to manage or monitor digital media file transfers during a peer to peer communication.
  • API application programming interface
  • the client chooses and manages the connections rather than the network server and rather than the peer to whom the client wishes to connect as part of a network activity.
  • Such connections are actually "off network" once the peer to peer communication begins, and creates file sharing management problems. While links may be set up as hidden from the end user when downloading files, other types of connections may not be, such as peer to peer phone calls.
  • a geographic problem of physical locations complicates the creation, access, changing or deleting of a set of network relationships between clients and servers, and between two clients (peer to peer where one or more may also be acting as a server for a particular transaction).
  • the network or virtual network may be distributed over multiple physical computer machine locations or even distributed over multiple Internet website locations including connections between portable devices such as mobile phones, PDA and other wireless devices that may be independent of the core private network or from a central machine.
  • the relationships between such entities may be managed as an object graph of complex object relationships using object based programming languages and software.
  • relationships may exist between a two servers, between a client and a server, or between two clients that may be represented using an object model and object programming software according to the present invention.
  • a relationship between one such entity and another may be member selected from the group of three relationship types consisting of 1 to 1 (1-1), 1 to many (1-M) or many to many (M-M).
  • Complex combinations of these relationships may be thought of in the context of this invention of managing network relationships as an object graphs as existing in data object relationships definitions for a given data object for management.
  • objects may logically span multiple relational tables or multiple object databases, and may even be distributed over a logical (or hypothetical) computer system involving multiple physically independent computer systems or even multiple website locations, multiple players, multiple games and multiple locations.
  • the amount of time spent in a peer to peer telephone conversation can be monitored, and it is possible to conduct multiple peer to peer (one to many, of many to many) relationship connections for internet conference calling.
  • An object might also manage such information as the names and types of files being transferred between peers (as well as the peer identies) in real time, or almost virtually in real time on a distributed network depending upon communication lag times to a monitoring network server). This can permit the convenient exchange of digital media files between peers or servers and peers with billing based upon the reported transfer of fries.
  • Creating, accessing, maintaining or updating an object application model can require working with multiple translation modules and require tedious and repetitive updating of multiple individual computer systems or multiple data sources in order to do useful work and keep the object application model synchronized.
  • Such approaches are both costly and unwieldy in terms of computing and development resources, particularly with respect to Internet based private network and virtual private network communications and transactions object application models.
  • Data objects of an object application model are often a feature of eCommerce object programming applications, where information is obtained from a data source and the data is defined as a data object (e.g., as a Java class) for use with another computer application.
  • a data object e.g., as a Java class
  • the present invention modifies and applies this practice to a network in order to provide network management utilizing an object programming language with objects describing and encapsulating the relationships of entities utilizing and serving the private network and persisting them to a data store.
  • a data object or model of data objects may exist only in the random access memory of a computer memory system, or may be saved to either a data source or to some other type of retrievable information repository.
  • a programmer or administrator of an object data application may not be able to exhaustively display the overall model or diagram of data objects for an object application model or to display some of its specific elements.
  • tools for accessing and displaying data objects and associated data object relationships as a complex data object graph model have not been well implemented in the field of object language programming.
  • a computer application can execute one or more of the following non-limiting actions with respect to one or more of the members selected from the group consisting of data, a data object, and a data object definition: access data, change data, create data, create a new relationship between one or more data objects by creating or changing at least one data object relationship definition, change or delete a relationship between one or more data objects by changing or deleting at least one data object relationship definition, access a data object relationship definition and use its parameters to access a data source or a data object, and access one or more data object relationship definitions or data objects to create a new data object or data object relationship.
  • Any changes executed by a computer application with respect to one or more of the members selected from the group consisting of data, data object or data object definition may need to be properly persisted (permanently stored) to preserve any changes to one or more of the members selected from the group consisting of data, a data object and a data object definition.
  • a data object and an associated data object relationship definition may be represented by a complex data object graph as described in published U.S. patent application serial number 10/158,672 to Ward Mullins (assignee Thought, Inc.).
  • a Complex Data Object Graph (CDOG), for the purposes of this document, may be thought of as a computer program data object graph that represents a data object having at least one relationship with at least one other data object or with itself via a circular link.
  • the CDOG may be further defined as being a Java Data Object Graph ("JDOG").
  • “Instance” as referred to in this document in the context of computer software applications is a single occurrence of a software logical element in the memory of a computer system, such as a "class”, an "object”, a “data object”, and the like.
  • Class as referred to in this document in the context of computer software applications is a logic unit in a computer application or a computer software program where the application or program is based upon an objected oriented programming language (e.g., Java).
  • objected oriented programming language e.g., Java
  • a class is a logical unit used as a logical template in an object oriented language from which to allocate new instances of objects.
  • Object as used in the context of this document is a general term referring to a logic unit in a computer application or a computer software program where the application or program is based upon an objected oriented programming language (e.g. , Java).
  • object may ordinarily be used interchangeably with the term “class” as a template or as an instance depending on the context.
  • Data object as referred to in the context of this document represents the concept of the occurrence of an object that holds data within a specific computer application domain and is likely to have its contents stored in a persistent data source of a computer system (e.g., a database server, a binary file, a text file, or even in a combination of two or more of such a persistent data sources of a computer system).
  • a data object may exist as an independent data object without any relationship to any other data object or it may have one or more relationships with itself or with one or more other data objects.
  • Complex data object refers to the occurrence of a data object that has at least one or more relationships with itself, or at least one or more relationships with one or more other data object(s). In a given instance of a CDO at least one relationship is populated as a link, as defined below.
  • a CDO may have a multiplicity of different relationships with itself or with one or more additional CDOs.
  • Relationship or "data relationship” as used in the context of a CDO refers to the type of logical combination that occurs between a data object with itself, or refers to the type of logical combination that occurs between a data object and at least one another data object. Among other references or descriptions, such a relationship is always referred to or partially described by a "relationship type". This term is used in an object oriented language context to reference or describe any expectations, actions and limitations possible between two or more data objects.
  • Relationship type in the context of this document is a label that specifies the possible multiple combinations that can occur between a CDO and itself or with at least one other CDO.
  • the possible relationship type labels are 1-1 (one to one), 1-M (one to many) and M-M (many to many).
  • a given CDO may be simultaneously related to more than one other CDO through several different types of relationship.
  • Link as used in this document with respect to a CDO identifies a particular occurrence of a relationship between a CDO and itself, between a CDO and another CDO. The occurrence of at least one populated link results in an instance of the CDO.
  • “Circular link” as used in this document with respect to a CDO identifies a particular occurrence of a relationship between a CDO and itself that may be direct or indirect (e.g., linked to itself through another CDO).
  • Relationship definition or “relationship description” in the context of this document and computer software applications refers to information, or an abstraction of information, regarding a “relationship”, “data relationship” “relationship type” or a “link” that can be stored, accessed, transferred, communicated, displayed or edited.
  • Complex data object graph or "CDOG” is a term employed herein as an abstraction to logically represent a set of complex data objects and a set of their corresponding relationships.
  • Java data object graph or "JDOG” is a term employed herein as an abstraction to logically represent a set of complex data objects and a set of their corresponding relationships that are part of a Java programming application.
  • Application model or simply “model” are essentially interchangeable terms employed herein as abstractions to logically convey a collective description or other representation for a set of complex data objects and a corresponding description or other representation of their relationships. In one respect, these terms are used logically herein provide a general way of efficiently communicating when referring to set of metadata (i.e., data about data) that describes possible data entities (e.g., objects, database tables, maps, etc,) data relationship types, and data constraints involved in a computer system or application, or in a specific instance of an application. It is important to understand the context in which the terms "application model” and “model” are used in this document.
  • model an abstraction rather than a specific possibility or instance of the model as applied.
  • application model or “model”. From the context of its use the term will be clear.
  • “Navigation”, “navigating” or “navigated” in the context of the present document refers to an action implementing at least one object to interact with a set of related objects for a certain purpose, such as creation, access, insertion, modification and deletion of an object, or of one of its relationships.
  • “Navigation model” as used herein is a special type of application model that is applied specifically to a description (or other representation) of how objects can relate to each other and what might be the expected behavior when a CDOG is navigated for a certain purpose.
  • Object schema is a term employed herein as an abstraction referring to the set of data object classes that describe the possible data objects that can be created, modified or maintained in an application, or describing an instance of a set of data object classes in an application.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a system for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting relationships between servers, between servers and clients, and between clients, as complex data objects within a complex data object graph (CDOG) model in order to provide an improved system for peer to peer communication management
  • clients or servers may be large computer systems or networks or may be a system that includes wireless devices such as mobile telephones, PDAs or other wireless communication devices, and wherein the network address of the end user who logs onto the network and request a peer to peer communtication or download is provided to a peer to peer server and the server connects to the end user before the network communicates to the end user that the connection is made instead of the end user choosing from a list of peer to peer servers.
  • CDOG complex data object graph
  • an object of the present invention is to provide such a system that can display and manage such peer to peer relationships within a private network or within a virtual private network as CDOG model for at least one network administrator or manager and the CDOG model may be represented as a graph or table of complex data objects.
  • a further object is to provide such a system that is located on, or is part of, a local or distributed computer system that may include wireless devices not limited to PDA, mobile phones, portable computers or other wireless communication devices capable of communicating within a network.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting network relationships as complex data objects stores as a complex data object graph as described with computer software implemented methods for a peer to peer server to connect to an end user rather than an end user to choose one or more peer to peer servers from a list.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide such a method having the step of displaying or printing a representation of the relationships within a private network and a virtual private network as a CDOG model as a graph or table of complex data objects with respect to internet phone communications, wherein the person being called is provided the internet address or email of the caller and connects to the caller instead of the caller connecting ot the person being called when the person being called is available to receive the call.
  • such a method involves a local or distributed computer system wherein individuals are identified by unique indentifiers that may include histories of their online actitivies habits, recorded individual background information, unique passwords, machine identifiers, digitial identifiers such as voice, finger print and eye scans, and the like, or any combination of one or more of such identifiers sufficient to provide a clear identity for any individual who is logging into the network to join into peer to peer activities and peer to peer servers cannot be logged into directly by the end user.
  • unique indentifiers may include histories of their online actitivies habits, recorded individual background information, unique passwords, machine identifiers, digitial identifiers such as voice, finger print and eye scans, and the like, or any combination of one or more of such identifiers sufficient to provide a clear identity for any individual who is logging into the network to join into peer to peer activities and peer to peer servers cannot be logged into directly by the end user.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a computer software program having at least one user interface and having at least one feature for at least one action selected from the group consisting of creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting relationships within a private network or within a virtual private network as complex data objects via a complex data object graft model with respect to peer to peer communications and associated data.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide software program with a module or associated software program having a feature for displaying or printing a representation of the relationships and associated data as a CDOG model as a graph or table of complex data objects.
  • such a software program has an editing interface for editing a CDOG model, or an editable input or source, such as a file, that can be modified to implement changes to a CDOG model and to create, modify or terminate or monitor peer to peer communications.
  • a further object is to provide such a software program adapted for a local or distributed computer system that permits internet or intranet peer to peer communications in a secure network or virtual network setting.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an application programming interface ("API"), as a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the API can be accessed to create, maintain, access, navigate and persist network relationships as complex data objects while representing such relationships as a CDOG model, or as an object schema that is adapted for peer to peer communications or file transfers, and file transfer reporting.
  • the API can be accessed by a computer software program, or by a computer software program module that is part of a software package including the API, to provide at least one action selected from the group consisting of creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting network relationships as complex data objects withing a complex data object model adapted for peer to peer communications.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide such an API as part of a software package having a component or method for displaying or printing a representation of such gaming relationships and associated data as a CDOG model illustrated or represented as a graph or as a table(s) of complex data objects.
  • a software tool package including the API would be provided with an editing interface for editing the network relationships associated with gaming as a CDOG model, or has an editable input or source, such as a file, that can be modified to implement changes to the complex data object model. It is a particularly preferred object to provide such an interface as a point and click graphical user interface that may be displayed and/or edited.
  • a further object is to provide such a API for operation on a local or distributed computer system that implements secured intranet or internet peer to peer communications.
  • a preferred object of the present invention is to provide a software tool or system comprising the API according ( as described above), adapted for a local network or a distributed network gaming environment, wherein said software tool provides persistence for activities and data within the gaming environment in an object oriented language programming environment transparently by implementing a configurable network component capable of acquiring and persisting network relationships and data associated with intranet and internet peer to peer communications through network APIs.
  • a further object of the present invention is to a software tool capable of reading a source programming object logic model or a database file in a format selected from the group consisting of a UML data file,m a XMI data file, and a XML file and converting the information into a target member selected from the group consisting of a database definition XML file, a database mapping definition file, and a CDOG definition file with respect to a secured peer to peer communications intranet or internet system.
  • the software can automatically generate a persistence layer that corresponds to the object model information of the source file that will track activities, data and relationships with respect to peer to peer communications.
  • Another preferred object of the present invention is to provide multi-level or multilevel gaming system, comprising providing an authorized administrator of the above gaming system to conclusively identify the behavior and actions of an individual user of the system who has giving rights to the administrator to monitor peer to peer communications activities data of the individual without violating the privacy rights of the individual and record participation activities outcomes of the identified user with respect to any peer to peer communications, wherein the participation activity is one or more activities selected from the group consisting of peer to peer file sharing, peer to peer telephone communications, peer to peer email communications and the like, and without violating the privacy right of the user such that the authorized administrator can such data available for other third party users of the system having access rights.
  • the present invention provides a system for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting relationships between servers, between servers and clients, and between clients, as complex data objects within a complex data object graph (CDOG) model to provide an improved system for managing peer to peer communications
  • clients or servers may be large computer systems or networks or may be a system that includes wireless devices such as mobile telephones, PDAs or other wireless communication devices, and wherein the network address of the end user who logs onto the network and request a peer to peer communtication or download is provided to a peer to peer server and the server connects to the end user before the network communicates to the end user that the connection is made instead of the end user choosing from a list of peer to peer servers.
  • CDOG complex data object graph
  • the present invention provides such a system that can display and manage such peer to peer relationships within a private network or within a virtual private network as CDOG model for at least one network administrator or manager and the CDOG model may be represented as a graph or table of complex data objects.
  • a further embodiment provides such a system that is located on, or is part of, a local or distributed computer system that may include wireless devices not limited to PDA, mobile phones, portable computers or other wireless communication devices capable of communicating within a network.
  • the present invention provides a method for creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting network relationships in a peer to peer environment as complex data objects stores as a complex data object graph, and permits a peer to peer server to connect to an end user in order to better manage network relationships.
  • the present invention provides such a method having the step of displaying or printing a representation of the relationships within a private network and a virtual private network as a CDOG model as a graph or table of complex data objects with respect to peer to peer communication activities.
  • such a method involves a local or distributed computer system wherein individuals are identified by unique indentifiers that may include histories of their online actitivies habits, recorded individual background information, unique passwords, machine identifiers, digitial identifiers such as voice, finger print and eye scans, and the like, or any combination of one or more of such identifiers sufficient to provide a clear identity for any individual who is logging into the network to join into peer to peer activities.
  • unique indentifiers may include histories of their online actitivies habits, recorded individual background information, unique passwords, machine identifiers, digitial identifiers such as voice, finger print and eye scans, and the like, or any combination of one or more of such identifiers sufficient to provide a clear identity for any individual who is logging into the network to join into peer to peer activities.
  • the present invention provides a computer software program having at least one user interface and having at least one feature for at least one action selected from the group consisting of creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting relationships within a private network or within a virtual private network as complex data objects via a complex data object graft model with respect to peer to peer activities and associated data.
  • the present invention provides software program with a module or associated software program having a feature for displaying or printing a representation of the peer to peer and peer to server relationships and associated data as a CDOG model as a graph or table of complex data objects.
  • such a software program has an editing interface for editing a CDOG model, or an editable input or source, such as a file, that can be modified to implement changes to a CDOG model.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides such a software program adapted for a local or distributed computer system that permits internet or intranet peer to peer communications in a secure network or virtual network setting.
  • the present invention provides an application programming interface ("API"), as a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the API can be accessed to create, maintain, access, navigate and persist peer to peer communications network relationships as complex data objects while representing such relationships as a CDOG model, or as an object schema that is adapted for peer to peer communications and file sharing reporting.
  • the API can be accessed by a computer software program, or by a computer software program module that is part of a software package including the API, to provide at least one action selected from the group consisting of creating, maintaining, accessing, navigating and persisting network relationships as complex data objects withing a complex data object model adapted for peer to peer communications.
  • the present invention is provides such an API as part of a software package having a component or method for displaying or printing a representation of such gaming relationships and associated data as a CDOG model illustrated or represented as a graph or as a table(s) of complex data objects.
  • a software package including the API would be provided with an editing interface for editing the network relationships associated with gaming as a CDOG model, or has an editable input or source, such as a file, that can be modified to implement changes to the complex data object model.
  • a particularly preferred aspect of the invention provides such an interface as a point and click graphical user interface that may be displayed and/or edited.
  • a further aspect of the invention provides such an API for operation on a local br distributed computer system that implements secured intranet or internet peer to peer communications or file sharing.
  • a preferred object of the present invention is to provide a software tool or system comprising the API according ( as described above), adapted for a local network or a distributed network peer to peer communications environment, wherein said software tool provides persistence for activities and data within the peer to peer communications environment in an object oriented language programming environment transparently by implementing a configurable network component capable of acquiring and persisting network relationships and data associated with intranet and internet peer to peer communications through network APIs.
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides end user software or a software tool capable of reading a source programming object logic model or a database file in a format selected from the group consisting of a UML data file,m a XMI data file, and a XML file and converting the information into a target member selected from the group consisting of a database definition XML file, a database mapping definition file, and a CDOG definition file with respect to a peer to peer communications intranet or internet system.
  • the software can automatically generate a persistence layer that corresponds to the object model information of the source file that will track activities, data and relationships with respect to peer to peer communications or file sharing activities.
  • the software of the peer to peer communications network monitoring system provides a software module for individuals to obtain an thumbnail view of the data described above with respect to individual users of the system, without violating the privacy rights of the individuals that the data describes Also, such network monitoring multi-level or multidimensional peer to peer communications system and software makes it possible for online participation in a conference group with others with respect to peer to peer activities.
  • the present invention provides a process for connecting arid centrally managing a plurality of multi-tier server computer systems in a peer to peer communications system as a single virtual structured network of unlimited size having a network ring structure, a tree structure, or a combination of a network ring and network tree structure, and managing the virtual structured network of tiered server systems from a central location that has access to a repository of information with details regarding each server system included within the network, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (a) creating one to many and many to many connections between a central server or central server network and two or more second tier server systems that may serve as a node whereby they are in turn optionally connected in a similar manner to form a tree structure, a ring network or a combination thereof, wherein nodes on the ring or tree structure can be connected to one or more sub-tier server systems,
  • the above described process additionally comprises a step (e) of maintaining a pre-determined number of connections between each client system that is connected to one or more servers in the plurality of tiered server systems and monitoring the connections with the software of (c) to receive information from said tiered server systems and the connected client system adequate to maintain the status of connections, to establish new connections, or to both maintain the status of connections and establish new of the client system with the tiered server system when a disconnection from at least one server occurs.
  • the process described above is a process wherein each node on the virtual network that is available for connections with client systems has a pre-determined number of possible connections to existing or new clients systems as a capacity that is stored as information maintained and updated in an information repository that can be accessed by software, which is used to monitor or delegate the monitoring of maintenance of connections between the virtual network and client systems.
  • the process described above provides a step for verifying and tracking a single end user within the system with the ability to monitor and record any peer to peer activities within the system by that end user.
  • the above process is a process wherein said step (c) includes the steps of: (f) transmitting a disconnection notification from a server system to said monitoring software of (c) that a server system has partly or fully disconnected from a client system within said plurality thereof, wherein said partly disconnected client system has been connected for receiving information from said server system; (g) said software of (f) responding to said notification of partial disconnection by at least one of the following actions
  • a process executing within the virtual network as described above includes a process step for establishing a parent-child relationship between the virtual network and sub-branches of the of virtual network server tree system, between the virtual network and a subordinate circular network, or a combination thereof, and providing a virtual private network for a pre-determined plurality of server systems, client systems or a combination thereof within the virtual network.
  • a parent child relationship such as this can be utilized to permit registered multi-level peer to peer communication participants to be a child to the parent activity of the main peer to peer communications activity.
  • An example would be for a client system to attend a virtual internet concert as a child to the parent activity.
  • a process executing within said server system further providing logic and means for establishing a private network of client systems that provide peer to peer communication activities capability within a plurality thereof such that server systems and client systems may transmit information, receive information, or a combination thereof with respect to peer to peer communications, file sharing, and the like, said process comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a request for connection to a virtual private network from a client system issuing said request;
  • step (iii) verifying that said client system has permission for connecting to said virtual private network; (c) after verifying that client system has permission for connecting, determining if a port of said server system within said virtual private network is available for connection with said requesting client system; (d) if a port of said server system within said virtual private network is available for connection, as determined in step (c), executing actions for connecting said client system issuing said request to said virtual private network; (e) if a port of said server system is not available for connection within said private network, as determined in step (b), sending the address of the client system to a first pre-determined number of available servers for such servers to attempt connections with the client system within said plurality thereof connected within said private network, or suggesting postponing connection to the virtual private network; and

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La présente invention concerne des systèmes informatiques, des réseaux informatiques privés ou des réseaux virtuels privés pour des communications sans serveur gérées et des procédés et des logiciels pour accéder à des réseaux informatiques privés ou des réseaux privés virtuels, les utiliser et les gérer, y compris des serveurs et des clients pour le transfert de supports numériques. Plus particulièrement, la présente invention concerne un système, des procédés et des logiciels pour créer, maintenir, parcourir et assurer la relation entre des serveurs et d'autres serveurs ou des clients dans un réseau privé ou privé virtuel pour des communications sans serveur gérées relativement aux transferts de fichiers numériques ou y accéder. Dans un mode de réalisation, l'invention concerne également une interface de programmation d'application (API), un logiciel utile pour créer, maintenir, parcourir et assurer ces relations et y accéder, sous la forme de graphiques de relations complexes ou de jeux de graphiques de relations complexes pour permettre la gestion de communications sans serveur et gérer ou surveiller des transferts de fichiers de supports numériques pendant une communication sans serveur.
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