Data accession process
OwnerJonathan Clarkinventor
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Abstract
A user terminal (15) accesses data from an internet application (14) over a distributed information network such as the Internet (17), by making a plurality of access requests for a plurality of duplicate series of packet data (1,2,3, . . . ; 1′,2′,3′, . . . ; 1″,2″,3″,) from the same internet application (14), each series comprising one instance of each packet of an ordered set of packets (1,2,3,4,5,6). The first instance to be received of each packet in the series (1,2,3,4″,5″,6′) is accepted, and the accepted packets are assembled into a complete series (16). This ensures that delays on any one link (21, 22, 23) do not delay the receipt of the message.
Claims11
A user terminal for accessing data from a internet application over a distributed information network, provided with means for generating a plurality of access requests for a plurality of duplicate series of packet data from one source over a plurality of routes, each series comprising one instance of each packet of an ordered set of packets, means for accepting the first instance to be received of each packet in the series, and means for assembling the accepted packets into a complete series.
A method of accessing data from a internet application over a distributed information network, wherein a plurality of access requests are generated for a plurality of duplicate series of packet data from one source over a plurality of routes, each series comprising one instance of each packet of an ordered set of packets, and wherein the first instance to be received of each packet in the series is accepted, and the accepted packets are assembled into a complete series.
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