System and method of transmitting data packets

A method of aggregating data packets, the method comprising:

• determining, based upon the load of a server computer, whether to aggregate one or more of the data packets into an aggregated data packet with a size, wherein the size of the aggregated data packet exceeds a minimum threshold size without exceeding a maximum threshold size, and wherein the minimum threshold size is related to the load of the server computer;
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• transmitting the aggregated data packet to a client computer.

A system aggregating a plurality of data packets on a server computer, the system comprising:

• means for determining a server load;
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• means for in response to determining the server load, accumulating the plurality of data packets into an aggregated data packet until a size of the aggregated data packet exceeds a minimum threshold size without exceeding a maximum threshold size, and wherein the size of the minimum threshold size is related to the server load.

A system for aggregating data packets, the system comprising:

• a plurality of data packets that collectively comprise one or more streamable data objects;
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• a server computer operably connected to a client computer via a network, the server computer transmitting the data objects to the server computer, the server computer periodically determining, based upon the load of the server computer, whether to aggregate one or more of the data packets into an aggregated data packet having a size, wherein the size of the aggregated data packet exceeds a minimum threshold size without exceeding a maximum threshold size, and wherein the minimum threshold size is dependent on the load of the server computer.

A method of generating data packets, the method comprising:

• determining, in a server device, a maximum transmission unit value of an intermediary network device being disposed on the network between a client device and the server device, the maximum transmission unit value identifying a largest packet size that is capable of being transported by the intermediary network device via the network;
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• generating a data packet with a size of the data packet size being limited to the maximum transmission unit value and exceeding a minimum threshold size without exceeding a maximum threshold size, wherein the minimum threshold size is related to the load of the server device.

A computer readable media storing instructions that when executed performs the steps comprising:

• determining, in a server device, a maximum transmission unit value of an intermediary network device being disposed in a network between a client device and the server device, the maximum transmission unit value identifying a largest packet size that is capable of being transported by the intermediary network device via the network;
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• generating a data packet with a minimum packet size, without exceeding a maximum packet size, the minimum packet size being set at least in part as a function of the load of the server device.