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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2003
David C Conway-jones, Winchester, GB;
Andrew J Stanford-clark, Chale, GB;
David C Conway-Jones, Winchester, GB;
Andrew J Stanford-Clark, Chale, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
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: