Patent ID: 7392319
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for forwarding a data stream over a network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by at least one receiver node in the network, a marked stream sent by a sender node in the network, the marked stream having a portion of the data stream and one or more markers; storing, by the at least one receiver node, one or more of said markers and at least a subsequent portion of said marked stream in a local buffer of the at least one receiver node; forwarding, by the at least one receiver node, said marked stream to one or more next recipient nodes; and responding, by the at least one receiver node, to a request from one of the one or more next recipient nodes for stream data stored in the buffer by initiating data transfer at a marker specified by the one of the one or more next recipient nodes, wherein said request is for the delivery of stream data subsequent to the specified marker.