Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Switching a message which includes an address header
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-04
2008-03-04
Pham, Brenda (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Switching a message which includes an address header
C370S392000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10226525
ABSTRACT:
A method for data broadcast over a network includes receiving at a virtual bridge a data packet to be flooded over the network, and passing the data packet from the virtual bridge to a multicast-capable router, along with a broadcast indication. Responsive to the broadcast indication, the router determines a group of destination addresses to which the packet should be multicast, and creates copies of the packet for transmission over the network to the destination addresses in the group.
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Bruckman Leon
Menahemi Zvi
Mor Gal
Zelig David
Corrigent Systems Ltd.
Pham Brenda
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