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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Stephen J. Perkins, Dallas, TX (US);
Alan Gatherer, Richardson, TX (US);
Krishanasamy Anandakumar, Dallas, TX (US);
Alan V. McCree, Dallas, TX (US);
Vishu Viswanathan, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In one form of the invention, a process of sending real-time information from a sender computer to a receiver computer coupled to the sender computer by a packet network wherein packets sometimes become lost, includes steps of directing packets containing the real-time information from the sender computer by at least one path in the packet network to the receiver computer, and directing packets containing information dependent on the real-time information from the sender computer by at least one path deversity path in the packet network to the same receiver computer.