Patent ID: 8112540
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer system that transmits data segment in a data stream, the computer system comprising a write module that implements a selected one of a plurality of versions of a streaming protocol wherein each subsequent version of the streaming protocol is additive to a previous version, and that outputs the data segment in the data stream, wherein: (a) the write module comprises means, performed by the computer system, for outputting a first stream of data according to a first version of the streaming protocol; (b) the write module comprises means, performed by the computer system, for sequentially appending additional streams of data to the first stream of data according to each subsequent version of the streaming protocol up to and including the selected version, if the selected version of the streaming protocol is not the first version of the streaming protocol; and (c) the write module comprises means, performed by the computer system, for delimiting the data segment in the data stream using begin and end tags.