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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Patrick Mcculler, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Patrick McCuller, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Online Entertainment LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and methods for distributing a new file from a server connected through a network to a client. Rather than downloading an entirely new file from the server, the system makes use of reference files already resident on the client. A new delta file corresponding to a reference file is sent to the client. The client generates the new file by modifying the corresponding reference file according to the change instructions in the new delta file.