Patent ID: 8086743

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage memories that store executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising: opening a first connection to a server; opening a second connection to said server, said second connection being different from said first connection; transmitting, to said server over said first connection, a plurality of first requests for data; receiving, from said server over said second connection, data that is responsive to one or more of said first requests; and after said first requests have been transmitted to said server, transmitting, to said server over said first connection, a second request that identifies a first one of said first requests and that affects how said server carries out said first one of said first requests, said first one of said first requests and a second one of said first requests being transmitted to said server in a first order, said second request comprising a request to have said server carry out said first one of said first requests and said second one of said first requests in a second order that is different from said first order.