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Using multicasting to concurrently image multiple client devices

  • US 9,936,055 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2016
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed by a multicast server, for multicasting an update to a number of client devices, the method comprising:

  • multicasting control information which defines a total size of an update and a segment size;

    multicasting, to the client devices, a number of segments of the update, each segment comprising application layer data that is provided to a transport layer API for transmission via the multicast;

    receiving, from a first client device, a communication that identifies one or more segments of the update that the first client device did not receive; and

    in response, multicasting, to the client devices, the one or more segments of the update identified in the communication thereby enabling any other client devices to also receive the one or more segments.

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