Retry strategies for use in a streaming environment

US7370129B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Dustin L. Green · Redmond, US
• Michael Dodd · Mountain View, US
• David C. Clifford · Santa Clara, US
• Geoffrey R. Smith · Mountain View, US
• Peter T. Barrett · Palo Alto, US
• Grant Mohr · Burlingame, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2004
• Grant date: May 6, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L1/1887
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Strategies are described for performing retry analysis in an environment which involves the transmission of media information from a source module to a target module. In the context of the source module, the retry analysis determines whether the source module should satisfy the retry requests issued by the target module. In the context of the target module, the retry analysis determines whether the target module should generate the retry requests in the first place. Novel request reporting formats are also described. The target module performs analysis to determine what reporting format it should use to convey the retry requests to the source module.