Patent ID: 7080173

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 containing key frames; transmitting a redundant copy of the original messages on another created connection to the recipient computing device, the redundant copy of the original messages containing key frames and delta frames; and under control of the recipient computing device, receiving the original messages on the created connection, the original messages containing key frames; receiving the redundant copy of the original messages on the other created connection, the redundant copy of the original messages containing key frames and delta frames; storing the received delta frames; when a message containing a key frame is not received within a specified period of time, using delta frames received after a previously received key frame; and discarding the unused messages.