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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Alexander James Hinchliffe, Milton Keynes, GB;
Fraser Peter Howard, Chipping Norton, GB;
Bobby Rai, Kettering, GB;
Andrew Kemp, Oxford, GB;
Alexander James Hinchliffe, Milton Keynes, GB;
Fraser Peter Howard, Chipping Norton, GB;
Bobby Rai, Kettering, GB;
Andrew Kemp, Oxford, GB;
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A source computerstores updated data that is to be distributed to a plurality of destination computers (to). The destination computers (to) are divided into groups sharing a common priority level (). Each of these groups is then associated with a push update task to be executed by the source computer. These push update tasks are then sequentially executed. If a particular group of destination computers exceeds a threshold size, then it may be further divided in accordance with a hierarchy of splitting rules. The push update tasks use multicasting to transfer the update data to the destination computers within their groups in a manner that reduces network traffic.