Patent ID: 8539608

Claim:
A method for receiving a plurality of data messages via a network, the method comprising: receiving one of said data messages via the network prior to receiving other of said data messages; determining whether the one data message has an associated valid integrity check value included, and received, with the one data message; determining whether a specific number of said other data messages has been received, each of said specific number of said other data messages having an associated valid integrity check value included, and received, with said respective other data message, said respective other data message integrity check value being unrelated to other integrity check values associated with other of said specific number of said other data messages, when it is determined that the one data message has been received with the associated valid integrity check value included with the one data message; and accepting the one data message when it is determined that each of the specific number of said other data messages, received subsequently to receipt of said one data message, has been received with its associated valid integrity check value included in the respective other data message.