Patent ID: 7787368
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for referencing repeated content to reduce the bandwidth required for transmitting packets in a network, the method comprising: maintaining a history of packets that have been previously transmitted from a sending node to a receiving node, wherein the history is maintained according to at least one of a period of time and a total number of packets; examining a second packet to determine if the second packet matches a previously transmitted first packet sent between the nodes within the predetermined amount of time; determining that the second packet is one of a first plurality of packets included in a retransmission of the first plurality of packets; utilizing the history of packets that have been previously transmitted, assigning a reference identifier to the second packet when the second packet matches the previously transmitted first packet; automatically transmitting the reference identifier for the second packet and a reference identifier for each of the other packets in the first plurality of packets to the receiving node; and accessing the previously transmitted first packet and a second plurality of previously transmitted packets corresponding to each of the other packets in the first plurality of packets in response to receiving the assigned reference identifier.