Patent ID: 7984166

Claim:
A method of transferring data using a Trivial File Transport Protocol (TFTP), the method comprising: sending a first request packet from a client to a server, the first request packet comprising a first TFTP option requesting that a first segment of a grouping of data be transferred; and if a first option acknowledgment packet comprising a second TFTP option corresponding to the first TFTP option is received at the client from the server, transferring the first segment of the grouping of data as indicated in the second TFTP option using TFTP; sending a second request packet from the client to the server, the second request packet comprising a third TFTP option requesting that a second segment of the grouping of data be transferred; if a second option acknowledgment packet comprising a fourth TFTP option corresponding to the third TFTP option is received at the client from the server, transferring the first segment of the grouping of data as indicated in the fourth TFTP option using TFTP; wherein the first segment of data is transferred in a first TFTP session; and wherein the second segment of data is transferred in a second TFTP session that begins after the first TFTP session is completed.