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US 2003/0225899 A1Published application
Enhancing system performance using a network-based multi-processing technique
OwnerWalter Vincent Murphyinventor
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A system and method is described to utilize a common feature many modern networks are capable of supporting known as ‘multicast’ to distribute data objects to multiple recipients. This invention uses network multicast in a novel way to reduce the quantity of initiating transmissions from a controlling computer. By providing the means to transmit data only once and the means of sending multiple data segments in one data packet, system overhead is greatly reduced. This invention also uses multicasting to distribute processing away from the central initiating computer out to a larger collection of target devices. Finally, this invention also uses grouping of target resources in such a way as to provide increased system concurrency and to reduce the effect of recipient device latencies.
A system for distributing data over a network to a plurality of target devices, the system comprising:
A system for distributing data over a network, the system comprising:
A method for distributing data over a network, the method comprising:
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