Patent · US Expired

Automatic network search, data download, and storage write system

US7496914B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2004
Grant dateFeb 24, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/335
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic search, download, and write to storage system comprising setting up download criteria, searching a network for data according to the download criteria, downloading data matching the download criteria, and writing the downloaded data to a storage device or medium. Once the download criteria are established, the remaining processes from searching to writing occur automatically. The download criteria act as a preference or filter to identify appropriate data. Multiple preferences or download criteria can be batched processed. Furthermore, the system can be activated and searching, downloading, and writing completed by a single click.

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