Patent ID: 7330904
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of sending data between a client and a server using at least one of a first plurality of data buffers of different sizes in said client and at least one of a second plurality of data buffers of different sizes in said server, wherein at least some of said first plurality of data buffers are matched to different sizes of the second plurality data buffers, the method comprising steps of: sending, from said client to said server, an address of a client data buffer of said first plurality of data buffers, wherein said client data buffer is for a data transfer to be performed and said address of said client data buffer is responsive to a size of a data block to be transferred; and transferring said data block between said client and said server using said client data buffer and a server data buffer of said second plurality of data buffers, said client data buffer and said server data buffer matched to a size of data blocks to be transferred between said client and said server.