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US 2006/0225115 A1Published application
Systems and methods for network communication
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPeter Barrett, Gandhimathi Vaithilingam
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Abstract
Systems and methods for communication of content over a network are described. In an implementation, a method is described which includes mapping a network address of a request for content to a multicast address and determining if the requested content is available via the multicast address. If not, the request is communicated to a content provider that is configured to provide the content for communication via multicast address.
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A method comprising:
- mapping a network address of a request for content to a multicast address;
- and
- determining if the requested content is available via the multicast address, and if not, communicating the request to a content provider that is configured to provide the content for communication via the multicast address.
A method comprising:
- receiving a request for content that is available via a network address specified in the request;
- mapping the network address to a multicast address;
- and
- making the content available via the multicast address.
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A system comprising:
- a proprietary network;
- one or more modules which are executable to translate requests for content received from an application module for transfer over a proprietary network such that the application module is not aware of the translation;
- and
- at least one module which is executable to translate the translated requests received via the proprietary network for use by an application server module to obtain the content such that the application server module is not aware of the translation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.