Patent ID: 7782830
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting wireless packetized digital data communications between a first transceiver device and a second transceiver device, geographically remote with respect to said first transceiver device, said method comprising the steps of: (a) selectively wirelessly transmitting a polling message to said first transceiver device from said second transceiver device; (b) in response to receipt of said polling message, wirelessly transmitting, from said first transceiver device to said second transceiver device, a poll acknowledgement message representative of whether said first transceiver device has data to send and a quantity of data to be sent; (c) in response to receipt of said poll acknowledgement message indicating that said first transceiver device has data to send, wirelessly transmitting, from said second transceiver device to said first transceiver device, a data request message; (d) in response to receipt of said data request message, wirelessly transmitting, from said first transceiver device to said second transceiver device, a data message containing a plurality of data packets; (e) in response to receipt of said data message, storing data contained in data packets of said data message, and storing information representative of any data packets missing from said data message; and (f) wirelessly transmitting from said second transceiver device to said first transceiver device, a data acknowledgement message that includes said information representative of any data packets missing from said data message and that requests said first transceiver device to transmit all packets except for specifically identified packets.