Communication over selected part of a network
First Claim
1. A method in a sub-network grouping server, the method comprising:
- receiving at the sub-network grouping server regional broadcast datagrams from a sender terminal for forwarding to a plurality of destination terminals served by a plurality of sub-networks;
selecting, by the sub-network grouping server, a plurality of sub-networks according to criteria defined by said sender terminal and chosen as a function of information derived from said sender terminal without the individual destination identifications of said destination terminals being specified by said sender terminal;
providing, via the sub-network grouping server, communication of regional broadcast datagrams from said sender terminal to a plurality of servers corresponding to said selected sub-networks for forwarding of said regional broadcast datagrams, from said plurality of servers, to a plurality of destination terminals within the corresponding selected sub-networks.
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Abstract
A method for communicating regional broadcast datagrams over a network in which the regional broadcast datagrams are routed using destination identifications wherein a sender terminal sends regional broadcast datagrams to a sub-network grouping server that selects a plurality of sub-network servers according to criteria defined by the sender terminal and chosen as a function of information derived from the sender terminal without the individual destination identifications of the destination terminals being specified by the sender terminal, and wherein the sub-network grouping server provides regional broadcast datagrams to the selected sub-network servers, which subsequently provide the regional broadcast datagrams to a plurality of destination terminals.
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19 Claims
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1. A method in a sub-network grouping server, the method comprising:
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receiving at the sub-network grouping server regional broadcast datagrams from a sender terminal for forwarding to a plurality of destination terminals served by a plurality of sub-networks; selecting, by the sub-network grouping server, a plurality of sub-networks according to criteria defined by said sender terminal and chosen as a function of information derived from said sender terminal without the individual destination identifications of said destination terminals being specified by said sender terminal; providing, via the sub-network grouping server, communication of regional broadcast datagrams from said sender terminal to a plurality of servers corresponding to said selected sub-networks for forwarding of said regional broadcast datagrams, from said plurality of servers, to a plurality of destination terminals within the corresponding selected sub-networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for communication of datagrams over a network that comprises sub-networks from a sender terminal to a plurality of destination terminals served by a plurality of said sub-networks, the apparatus comprises:
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sub-network servers for sending messages to respective ones of said sub-networks, and a sub-network grouping server for selecting one or more of said sub-networks and for providing communication of regional broadcast datagrams from said sender terminal to corresponding sub-network servers for said selected sub-networks, the selected sub-network being arranged to send the regional broadcast datagrams to a plurality of destination terminals within the corresponding selected sub-networks, said regional broadcast datagrams being received from said sender terminal at said sub-network grouping server by unicast transmission, and said sub-network grouping server making the selection of said sub-networks according to criteria defined by the sender terminal and chosen as a function of information derived from said sender terminal without the individual destination identifications of said destination terminals being specified by said sender terminal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for communicating a regional broadcast datagram in a communications network, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver; a controller communicably coupled to the transceiver, the controller configured to cause the transceiver to receive a regional broadcast datagram from a sender terminal; the controller is configured to select a sub-network server, of a corresponding sub-network serving a destination terminal, according to criteria defined by the sender terminal without individual destination identification information of the destination terminal being specified by the sender terminal; the controller is configured to cause the transceiver to communicate the regional broadcast datagram to the selected sub-network server for forwarding to the destination terminal via the sub-network. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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