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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2002
Timothy Roy Block, Rochester, MN (US);
Bob Richard Cernohous, Rochester, MN (US);
Steven John Simonson, Rochester, MN (US);
John Christian Unterholzner, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Roy Block, Rochester, MN (US);
Bob Richard Cernohous, Rochester, MN (US);
Steven John Simonson, Rochester, MN (US);
John Christian Unterholzner, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method allows processing sequenced records across multiple network connections. A 'logical connection' is defined to include one or more network connections. Each message is assigned a sequence number that allows the messages to be ordered on the other end according to sequence number, regardless of which network connection in the logical connection is used to transfer the message. By defining messages, sequencing those messages, and transferring the messages over multiple network connections, the throughput and performance of networked computer systems are substantially increased.