US Patent 7719967 Cumulative TCP congestion control

Patent 7719967 was granted and assigned to NetApp on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

NetApp

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7719967

Date of Patent

May 18, 2010

Patent Application Number

11238296

Date Filed

September 28, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Kwang B Yao

Patent abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, providing cumulative TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) congestion control. One method includes establishing multiple TCP connections between a transmitting host and a receiving host for sending data from the transmitting host to the receiving host; and using one congestion window on the transmitting host to perform congestion control for the multiple TCP connections as a whole.