Patent ID: 9385927
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing a transmission order in a network comprising an upstream host and a plurality of downstream hosts, the method comprising: managing, by the upstream host, an execution order of a plurality of data transmission events between the upstream host and the plurality of the downstream hosts; performing, by the upstream host, a first data transmission event in the execution order to receive first data from a first downstream host; monitoring, by the upstream host, whether the upstream host receives any priority instructions from any other downstream hosts; and if a first priority instruction is received from a second downstream host during the first data transmission event, stopping the first data transmission event and performing a second data transmission event by the upstream host to receive second data from the second downstream host; wherein each of the upstream host and the plurality of downstream hosts comprises a talk controller, and the upstream host further comprises a network switch; wherein the talk controller of the upstream host stops the first data transmission event by transmitting a stop-talk command via the network switch to the talk controller of the first downstream host, and starts the second data transmission event by transmitting a start-talk command via the network switch to the talk controller of the second downstream host.