DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONFIRMATIONS OF DATA TRANSFERS BETWEEN COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTS, BY DATA COMPARISON
First Claim
1. Method of generating packet-level confirmations of data transfers between communication equipments connected to at least one communication network the method, when an application running in a first communication equipment, which is connected to the communication network via a first auxiliary communication equipment, wants to transfer data packets to at least one second communication equipment, which is connected to the communication network via a second auxiliary communication equipment, comprising the steps of:
- i) transmitting a request, comprising communication identifiers of said first and second communication equipments and requesting a data transfer control, to the first and the second auxiliary communication equipment, wherein the method is comprised by ii) the first and the second auxiliary communication equipment storing auxiliary data representative of data packets transferred through said first and said second auxiliary communication equipments, these stored auxiliary data constituting proofs of transmission of said data packets by said first communication equipment and of reception of at least some of said data packets by said second communication equipment.
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Abstract
A method is intended for generating confirmations of data transfers between communication equipments connected to a communication network. This method consists, when an application running in a first communication equipment wants to transfer data packets to at least one second communication equipment, i) in transmitting a request, comprising communication identifiers of the first and second communication equipments and requesting a data transfer control, to first and second auxiliary communication equipments acting as interfaces between the communication network and the first and second communication equipments, respectively, and ii) in storing auxiliary data representative of these data packets transferred through the first and second auxiliary communication equipments, these stored auxiliary data constituting proofs of transmission of the data packets by the first communication equipment and of reception of at least some of these data packets by the second communication equipment.
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1. Method of generating packet-level confirmations of data transfers between communication equipments connected to at least one communication network the method, when an application running in a first communication equipment, which is connected to the communication network via a first auxiliary communication equipment, wants to transfer data packets to at least one second communication equipment, which is connected to the communication network via a second auxiliary communication equipment, comprising the steps of:
- i) transmitting a request, comprising communication identifiers of said first and second communication equipments and requesting a data transfer control, to the first and the second auxiliary communication equipment, wherein the method is comprised by ii) the first and the second auxiliary communication equipment storing auxiliary data representative of data packets transferred through said first and said second auxiliary communication equipments, these stored auxiliary data constituting proofs of transmission of said data packets by said first communication equipment and of reception of at least some of said data packets by said second communication equipment.
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- 13. System for generating packet level confirmations of data transfers between communication equipments connected to at least one communication network, wherein it comprises i) first processing means arranged, when an application running in a first communication equipment to which it is associated wants to transfer data packets to at least one second communication equipment, for generating a request, comprising communication identifiers of said first and second communication equipments and requesting a data transfer control, for first and second auxiliary communication equipments acting as interfaces between said communication network and said first and second communication equipments, respectively, and ii) second processing means associated to said first and second auxiliary communication equipments and arranged for storing auxiliary data representative of said data packets transferred through said first and second auxiliary communication equipments, these stored auxiliary data constituting proofs of transmission of said data packets by said first communication equipment and of reception of at least some of said data packets by said second communication equipment.
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