Patent ID: 9413797
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A data communication system comprising: a plurality of communication devices coupled to each other via a communication network arrangement, wherein the plurality of communication devices are operable to exchange data therebetween, wherein the system is operable to allocate the data into a primary type of data and at least a secondary type of data, and wherein the primary type of data is retransmitted substantially immediately therefrom to participating ones of the plurality of communication devices within the system, and at least the secondary type of data is communicated in the system in association with corresponding acknowledgements (ACK) being communicated in the system in response to receipt of the at least secondary type of data at one or more of the plurality of communication devices, wherein the system is operable to determine communication characteristics of the communication network arrangement and of one or more of the plurality of communication devices, and to adjust a maximum segment size (MSS) of data packet communication to the one or more of the plurality of communication devices as a function of the determined communication characteristics, and wherein the system is operable to communicate in a manner such that the primary type of data communicated to a first communication device functioning as a server is substantially immediately retransmitted therefrom to one or more second communication devices among the plurality of communication devices.