Patent ID: 7747801

Claim:
A method performed by a computer system for reducing information reception delays using a protocol that guarantees order and delivery of messages, comprising: under control of a sender computing device, creating multiple connections using the protocol between the sender computing device and a recipient computing device; transmitting original messages on a created connection to the recipient computing device, the original messages comprising key frames; transmitting a redundant copy of the original messages on another created connection to the recipient computing device wherein the redundant copy includes a key frame and a delta frame; and under control of the recipient computing device, receiving the original messages on the created connection; receiving the redundant copy of the original messages on the other created connection; storing the received delta frame; using either the original messages or the redundant copy of the original messages, depending on which arrived first; discarding the unused messages; and when a key frame is not received within a specified period of time, using delta frames received after a previously received key frame.