US 8,898,311 B2 · Data communication method and information processing device

Abstract

Provided is a data communication method of establishing a plurality of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connections between a first information processing device and a second information processing device and communicating each piece of data, which is divided for each prescribed unit, through the plurality of established TCP connections. In the method, the first information processing device dynamically changes the number of TCP connections with the second information processing device by notifying connection-upper-limit information, which represents the upper limit of the number of TCP connections to be established with the second information processing device, to the second information processing device, and by changing the connection-upper-limit information to be notified.

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Dependent claims

A data communication method comprising:

in a first information processing device:
establishing a plurality of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connections, between the first information processing device and a second information processing device, based on a speed of streaming of content;
communicating each piece of data in the content, which is divided for each prescribed unit, to the second information processing device through the plurality of established TCP connections;
and
dynamically changing a number of the plurality of established TCP connections, based on the speed of streaming of the content, by notifying connection-upper-limit information, which represents an upper limit of the number of the plurality of TCP connections to be established with the second information processing device, to the second information processing device, and by changing the connection-upper-limit information to be notified.

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An information processing device comprising:

a Central Processing Unit (CPU) operable to:
establish a plurality of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connections with a different information processing device, based on a speed of streaming of content;
communicate each piece of data in the content, which is divided for each prescribed unit, to the different information processing device through the plurality of established TCP connections;
and
dynamically change a number of the plurality of established TCP connections, based on the speed of streaming of the content, by notifying connection-upper-limit information, which represents an upper limit of the number of the plurality of TCP connections to be established with the different information processing device, to the different information processing device, and by changing the connection-upper-limit information to be notified.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Data communication method and information processing device

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