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Data transmission using common sliding window

  • US 7,072,973 B1
  • Filed: 06/19/2001
  • Issued: 07/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of sending first and second data from a first computing device to a second computing device remote from the first computing device, the first computing device and second computing device being communicatively connected by a network, the method comprising:

  • at said first computing device, creating a first packet which includes the first data and a first flag which indicates that said first packet is to be sent reliably;

    at said first computing device, creating a second packet which includes the second data and a second flag which indicates that said second packet is to be sent non-reliably;

    sending said first packet from the first computing device to the second computing device using the network;

    determining that a first number of packets that have been sent from the first computing device to the second computing device and for which acknowledgement has not been received by the first computing device does not exceed a second number; and

    sending said second packet from the first computing device to the second computing device using the network.

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