Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Timothy M Morre

Vadim Eydelman

Alessandro Forin

Khawar Zuberi

Michael T Massa

A method and system for directing data transfers between applications and devices residing on different computers or devices using a transport provider switch to determine whether to use a primary transport provider or one of a plurality of alternative transport providers. When an application or device requests to transfer data with another application or device, the transport provider switch detects whether the applications and devices are served by an alternative transport provider and, if so, directs that alternative transport provider to transfer the data. To improve data transfer performance, the switch employs an adaptive protocol that adapts the way data is transferred by observing when an application that is receiving data posts a receive buffer and detects the receive buffer's size. Based upon the application's or device's behavior, the switch transfers the data in a mode that is best suited for the application. A credit-based sequencing method is used to coordinate message transfers.

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Timothy M Morre