Arrangement and method for impermanent connectivity

A method and arrangement for impermanent connectivity between a client unit and a server in a network, comprising: at the client unit, a client proxy function for receiving information from/for a client application, for storing said information, and for relaying said information between the client u...

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Main Authors Conway-Jones, David C, Stanford-Clark, Andrew J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.06.2009
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Summary:A method and arrangement for impermanent connectivity between a client unit and a server in a network, comprising: at the client unit, a client proxy function for receiving information from/for a client application, for storing said information, and for relaying said information between the client unit and the server when a connectivity link therebetween is established. The arrangement may further comprise a server proxy function, and a messaging subsystem. The information may be SMTP, POP3, HTTP or FTP information. An FTP file 'GET' command may be performed by, in response to the 'GET' command, writing a local file at the client unit having a unique signature, and when the connectivity link is established, obtaining the requested file from the server, finding the file at the client unit having the unique signature, and over-writing the found file with the obtained file. This provides the advantages that: