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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Guillermo Antonio Franco, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Guillermo Antonio Franco, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for transmitting data to multiple destinations includes storing a data portion in association with a current destination and a next destination. The method also includes (a) transmitting a copy of the data portion to the current destination, (b) updating the current destination to be the next destination and updating the next destination to be a new next destination, and (c) after updating, storing the current destination and the next destination in association with the stored data portion. The method repeats steps (a), (b), and (c) at least one time.