System for controlling data output to a network
US6412013B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5664
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system which controls data output to a network determines a maximum amount of data that could be output to the network based on an amount of data that can be read from the network during a predetermined time period, and then obtains a difference between an amount of data that has actually been output to the network and the maximum amount. Thereafter, the system outputs, to the network and within the predetermined time period, an amount of data packets that is based on the difference. For a last data packet to be output to the network in the predetermined time period, the system determines a first number of bits by which an amount of data will exceed the difference in the event that the data packet is output to the network, determines a second number of bits by which an amount of data will fall short of the difference in the event that the data packet is not output to the network, and outputs the data packet in a case that the first number is less than the second number.
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