Communication system and method employing parallel connections to send messages

A system for sending a message, the system comprising:

• a first processing device and a first memory device in communication with the first processing device, the first memory device storing first instructions that when executed by the first processing device result in:
• dividing the message into a plurality of segments according to a first determined procedure and assigning a respective sequence number to each segment;
• constructing a plurality of packets, each packet comprising a payload and a header, the payload comprising at least one of the segments, and the header comprising a unique message identifier for the packet, the sequence number of each segment of the payload, a total quantity of segments of the message, an indication of a type of content within each segment of the payload, and an indication of a type of processing of the content within each segment of the payload to be performed;
• establishing a plurality of parallel socket connections each to a second processing device;
• and
• passing respective packets to respective parallel socket connections, which socket connections are selected according to a second determined procedure, for transmission to the second processing device until each segment of a determined number of the total quantity of segments has been successfully received and processed by the second processing device;
• wherein the second determined procedure includes selecting least-recently-busy sockets first.