Patent ID: 9049175
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting content units from a server computing device to at least one client, the method comprising: receiving, by the server computing device, a request to transfer a content unit to a client with a connectionless transfer protocol; negotiating, by the server computing device, an initial window size defined as a number of datagrams, with which to begin transferring the content unit to the client; transmitting, by the server computing device, at least a portion of the content unit to the client using the connectionless transfer protocol and using the initial window size as a current window size; receiving, by the server computing device, a request from the client to change the number of datagrams of the current window size; in response to the received request, changing the number of datagrams of the current window size; and transmitting, by the server computing device, at least another portion of the content unit to the client using the connectionless transfer protocol and using the changed current window size.