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Method and system for sending shorter service number in place of all but first packet, in place of longer destination address, for increasing user data content of packet data transfer

  • US 5,502,725 A
  • Filed: 04/14/1994
  • Issued: 03/26/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for transferring packet data from a transmitting party over a transfer network to a receiving party based on a destination address of the receiving party, comprising:

  • the transmitting party sending the destination address to the transfer network only once for each transfer transaction, at the beginning of each transfer transaction;

    the transfer network allocating to the transmitting party a service number at the beginning of each transfer transaction so as to identify the transmitting party and the destination address, the service number being shorter than the destination address;

    the transfer network sending the allocated service number to the transmitting party;

    the transmitting party utilizing the allocated service number in place of the destination address in data packets subsequently sent during the transfer transaction; and

    the transfer network identifying the data packets sent by the transmitting party on the basis of the service number and forwarding the data packets on the basis of the destination address associated with said service number.

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