United States Patent [w]
Sutcliffe et al.
US005857193A [ii] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:
[54] CENTRALIZED AUDIOTEXT POLLING SYSTEM
[76] Inventors: Andrew B. Sutcliffe, 11 Coburn Rd., Tyngsboro, Mass. 01879; Charles J. Willett, 458 Elm St. East, Raynham, Mass. 02767; Scott M. Schultz, 50 Mollie Dr., Tewksbury, Mass. 01876
[21] Appl. No.: 876,009
[22] Filed: Jun. 13, 1997
[51] Int. CI. G06F 17/30
[52] U.S. CI 707/10; 707/1; 707/8;
707/200; 707/201; 707/202; 707/203; 707/204; 707/104; 704/278; 705/14; 455/427; 395/185.07
[58] Field of Search 707/1, 8, 200,
707/201, 202, 203, 204; 704/278; 705/14, 10; 455/427; 395/185.07
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Primary Examiner—Paul R. Lintz
Assistant Examiner—Srirama Channavajjala
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
[57] ABSTRACT
A data transler system for translerring between a plurality ol data storage devices is provided. A data transler request system requests scheduled and unscheduled data translers between respective ones ol the data storage devices. A first database stores entries corresponding to scheduled data transler request and a second database stores entries corresponding to unscheduled data transler requests. A scheduler updates the entries in the first and second databases on a predetermined interval. A file transler system accesses the entries in the first and second databases and transler data between the data storage devices according to information in the database entries.
28 Claims, 15 Drawing Sheets
