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System for recovering from disruption of a data transfer

US6396805B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1997
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for transparent recovery from a communications disruption during transmission of a data stream from a source computer to a destination computer is implemented in a method including the steps of determining a portion of the data stream that was successfully received by the destination computer and resuming the transmission from a point in the data stream immediately after the successfully received portion.

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