Patent ID: 7519724
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture comprising machine-readable storage media including program logic embedded therein that causes control circuitry in a data processing system to manage transport of multiple data streams from multiple distinct real-time data source servers to a client within a network by performing the steps of: receiving at a data stream aggregation server an initiation command that specifies a real-time data transfer association between the client and the data stream aggregation server for transfer of a plurality of data streams between the client and data stream aggregation server, wherein said data transfer association conforms to a transmission protocol enabling concurrent transmission of multiple related data streams to be delivered independently such that data loss in any of the multiple related data streams does not affect delivery of data in the other data streams, said transmission protocol further enabling multi-homing in which a single connected endpoint of the data transfer association has multiple alternate addresses; and responsive to said initiation command: