Patent ID: 9485184
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmitting data over a communications network, the method comprising: upon determining that a number of queued data packets is below a predetermined threshold, transmitting data packets from a first computing device to a second computing device over the communications network in a predetermined order and at a transmission rate set at least in part based on congestion control implemented at the first computing device, the data packets including presentation data formatted according to a remote desktop protocol and the communications network including a lossy communication connection between the first computing device and the second computing device; and adjusting the transmission rate of the data packets at the first computing device based upon a congestion level of the communications network, the congestion level based at least in part on received acknowledgements and absence of one or more received acknowledgements from the second computing device of the transmitted data packets.