Patent ID: 7096247

Claim:
Circuitries for facilitating data exchange via a network, said circuitries being associated with a first host computer coupled to said network, said network being coupled to a second host computer, said circuitries comprising: a first control block configured to store receive-facilitating parameters employed for receiving receive data associated with a bi-directional data flow at said first host computer from said second host computer, said receive data being received using the TCP protocol, said first control block being implemented in said first host computer; and circuitry configured to receive a given portion of said receive data using said receive-facilitating parameters, wherein said receiving said given portion of said receive data occurs simultaneously with servicing a transmit request pertaining to transmit data associated with said bi-directional data flow from said first host computer to said second host computer, said transmit data being transmitted using parameters stored in a second control block, said second control block also being implemented in said first host computer, said transmit data being transmitted in accordance with said TCP protocol.