Patent ID: 8904023

Claim:
A method of streaming data using a router, the method comprising: receiving, at the router, a command from a host connected to a first transport medium to read blocks of data from or write blocks of data to a target device connected to a second transport medium; determining, at the router, that the command requires a transfer of data larger than a threshold size; receiving, at the router, a plurality of data blocks associated with the command; storing, at the router, the plurality of data blocks in at least one buffer; determining, at the router, that there is at least a predetermined initial amount of data in the at least one buffer; forwarding, from the router to the host or target device, at least one of the plurality of data blocks when it has been determined that there is the at least the predetermined initial amount of data in the at least one buffer; and requesting, from the router, an additional data block associated with the command.