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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2000
Thai Nguyen, Thornton, CO (US);
Michael Leonhardt, Longmont, CO (US);
Charles A. Milligan, Golden, CO (US);
Steven McCown, Brighton, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A communication system permitting temporary connections for specific, predictable data transfer performance is presented. The communication system includes a requesting computer system, a responding computer system, and communication paths for establishing connections between the requesting computer system and the responding computer system. The requesting computer system can establish a temporary initial control connection with the responding computer system through a first communication path. A temporary negotiating connection is established with the responding computer system. Data transfer characteristics are negotiated with the responding computer using the temporary negotiating connection. A temporary data connection is established through a set including at least one communication path based on the negotiated data transfer characteristics, the set not including the first communication path.