Ftp-WG: ANN: Invention to increase FTP upload times on high bandwidth, high latency connections by 400%

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sami Korhonen" <[email protected]>
To: "FTPEXT Working Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:14 AM
Subject: Ftp-WG: ANN: Invention to increase FTP upload times on high
bandwidth, high latency connections by 400%


> Hello Fastream,
>
> Monday, January 5, 2004, 8:49:26 PM, you wrote:
>
> FT> Dear FTP Fellows,
>
> FT> As a company dedicated to FTP and file serving and delivery, we have
an US
> FT> patent pending invention to increase upload times 400%, using multiple
FTP
> FT> connections, utilizing a specialized client and a standard (RFC959)
server
> FT> such as Microsoft IIS and Fastream NETFile on high latency/bandwidth
> FT> connections (such as satellite and cross-atlantic links).
>
> FT> Licensors/buyers seeked globally for the invention.
>
> FT> I do not want to disturb uninterested members anymore so if you are
> FT> interested in acquiring a PDF brochure and .exe demo of the invention,
just
> FT> send an email to [email protected] with your name, company, company
field
> FT> and address.
>
> FT> Best Regards,
>
> FT> G. I. Ates
> FT> CEO, Fastream Technologies
> FT> Content Delivery and Management Experts
> FT> www.fastream.com
> FT> [email protected]
>
>
> I didn't know, that one was allowed to use this list for advertisement
> purposes. (And I can't see how someone would be able to patent something
> like this) I actually used simple shell script utilizing following method,
> with my previous isp, when transfering large files (few years back).
>
> Upload file 'foo.tgz' using 3 concurrent streams:
>
> - STOR foo.tgz (transfer first chunk)
> - STOU foo.tgz, or STOR foo.tgz.1 (transfer second chunk)
> - STOU foo.tgz, or STOR foo.tgz.2 (transfer third chunk)
>
> Once all chunks have been transfered, use site to site transfers to
> merge chunks.
>
> - REST z
> - PASV
> - STOR foo.tgz
> - PORT a,b,c,d,x,y
> - RETR foo.tgz.1
> - DELE foo.tgz.1
> ...
>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Sami                            mailto:[email protected]
>
>
>

I did not think it was pure advertisement as could be considered more as an
announcement (see the subject).

I think your method is similar to ours but our invention includes many more
details and enhancements. We first had to develop a C++ program to do a
quick transfer and then came up with the idea to apply to the patent office.
None of the patents we researched have used the same idea and there was no
such public information.

We will also provide full support and source code (Borland C++ Builder
Implementation with 100Mbps performance on a CPU AMD P2000) to the
prospective licensors/buyers.

Best Regards,

G. I. Ates