US 6,829,634 B1
Broadcasting networkGeneral
US 6,829,634 B1
Broadcasting network
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Hosain Alam
Art Unit:
2155 Data Bases & File Management
Agent:
Inventors:
Virgil E. Bourassa; Fred B. Holt
Assignee:
Priority:
07/31/00
Filed:
07/31/00
Granted:
12/07/04
Expiration:
08/07/22
Abstract
A technique for broadcasting data across a network is provided. An originating participant sends data to another participant, which in turn sends the data that it receives from a neighbor participant to its other neighbor participants. Communication in the broadcast network is controlled by a contact module that locates the neighbor participants to which the seeking participant can be connected and by a join module that establishes the connection between the neighbor participants and the seeking participant. Data is numbered sequentially so that data that is received out of order can be queued and rearranged.