Method and system for opportunistic broadcasting of data

Details Method and system for opportunistic broadcasting of data Method and system for opportunistic broadcasting of data

1995-07-14

1998-08-11

Eng, David Y.

G06F 1300

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057939730

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for opportunistically downloading data from a server computer system to client computer systems. The server computer system has a point-to-point transmission mechanism for receiving data from each client computer system and has a broadcast transmission mechanism for broadcasting data to the client computer systems. Each client computer system has a broadcast receiver for receiving data broadcast by the broadcast transmission mechanism when the client computer system is in a receiving state. In a preferred embodiment, the server computer system selects data to be downloaded from the server computer system to the client computer systems, and broadcasts the selected data using the broadcast transmission mechanism. Each client computer system that is in the receiving state receives the broadcasted data and sends a confirmation that the client computer system has received the broadcasted data to the server computer system using the point-to-point transmission mechanism. Conversely, when a client computer system enters the receiving state, it sends a request to send the selected data to the server computer system using the point-to-point transmission mechanism. The server computer system receives the sent request and transmits the selected data to the client computer system that sent the request when the server computer system has not received confirmation that the client computer system that sent the request received the broadcasted data.

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