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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2007
Radhakrishnan Sethuraman, Austin, TX (US);
Manuel Silveyra, Round Rock, TX (US);
Radhakrishnan Sethuraman, Austin, TX (US);
Manuel Silveyra, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A retail environment can include a plurality of client devices communicatively coupled with the server. A first client device of the plurality of client devices begins downloading a new boot image from the server via a first connection. The first client device monitors a transfer rate of the new boot image against a threshold. If the first client device determines that the transfer rate falls below the threshold, then the first client device broadcasts a request to other client devices of the plurality of client devices for the boot image. If a second client device of the plurality of client devices affirmatively responds to the request, then the first client device begins downloading a second portion of the boot image from the second client device via a second connection, and monitoring a cumulative transfer rate of the downloading over the first and the second connections.