Method and apparatus for multi-protocol digital communications
First Claim
1. A method for communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device in a network, said method comprising the steps of:
- selecting two or more different communication protocols for use in two or more sequential subsets of a communication between said first information processing device and said second information processing device;
conducting a first portion of said communication in accordance with a first communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols; and
conducting a second portion of said communication in accordance with at least a second communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for multi-protocol digital communications conducts a first portion of a communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device in accordance with a first communication protocol. A second portion of the communication is conducted in accordance with at least a second communication protocol, where the second communication protocol is different from the first communication protocol. The communication may be divided into further portions, where each portion of the communication is conducted in accordance with a different communication protocol.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device in a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting two or more different communication protocols for use in two or more sequential subsets of a communication between said first information processing device and said second information processing device;
conducting a first portion of said communication in accordance with a first communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols; and
conducting a second portion of said communication in accordance with at least a second communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable medium containing an executable program for communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device in a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting two or more different communication protocols for use in two or more sequential subsets of a communication between said first information processing device and said second information processing device;
conducting a first portion of said communication in accordance with a first communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols; and
conducting a second portion of said communication in accordance with at least a second communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. Apparatus for communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device in a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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means for selecting two or more different communication protocols for use in two or more sequential subsets of a communication between said first information processing device and said second information processing device;
means for conducting a first portion of said communication in accordance with a first communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols; and
means for conducting a second portion of said communication in accordance with at least a second communication protocol from said selected two or more communication protocols.
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