Patent ID: 7940800

Claim:
A method of transmitting a collection of information over a multi-channel medium, the method comprising: using a processor to carry out the following: associating first and second packets of information with a first portion of the collection and associating third and fourth packets of information with a second portion of the collection, where the first and second portions represent different potions of the same content, during a first time period, transmitting the first packet over a first channel of the medium and the second packet over a second channel of the medium, the third and fourth packets not being transmitted during the first time period, during a second time period, transmitting the third packet over the first channel of the medium and the fourth packet over the second channel of the medium, the first and second packets not being transmitted during the second time period, during a third time period, transmitting the second packet over the first channel of the medium, the third and fourth packets not being transmitted during the third time period, and during a fourth time period, transmitting the first packet over the second channel of the medium, the third and fourth packets not being transmitted during the fourth time period, whereby the first time period is a different time period than the third and fourth time periods.