Patent ID: 8230093

Claim:
A method for broadcasting content data from a broadcaster to a plurality of clients, the method comprising the steps of: the broadcaster transmitting the content data simultaneously to the plurality of clients via an unreliable downlink-only communications pathway; bi-directionally coupling the plurality of clients, each to a proxy server to initiate post-processing transactions, the broadcaster communicating with the proxy server to provide sufficient information to handle any of the post-processing transactions requested by any one of the plurality of clients; determining, by the plurality of clients, a plurality of available proxy servers that may be contacted for post-processing after the content data broadcast, wherein the plurality of clients is different from the plurality of proxy servers; randomly selecting, by each of the plurality of clients, one of the plurality of available proxy servers to contact for post-processing after the content data broadcast; and contacting, by the plurality of clients, each of the selected proxy servers to initiate post-processing.