Patent ID: 6981032
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering information to a plurality of networked devices, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first request from a first networked device, the first request requesting a first portion of information to be delivered to the first networked device as an ordinary unicast packet; receiving a second request from a second networked device, the second request requesting a second portion of information to be delivered to the second networked device as an ordinary unicast packet, the second portion of information requested including an overlapping portion of information that overlaps the first portion of information requested by the first request; collecting the first request and second request into a bucket; and creating a combined response in response to the first request from the first networked device and the second request from the second networked device, the combined response including the overlapping portion of information requested by the first and second networked devices, the overlapping portion of information destined for reception by the first networked device and by the second networked device, wherein the combined response comprises a multicast packet.