US Patent 7921213 Ring content distribution system

Patent 7921213 was granted and assigned to Unisys on April, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Unisys

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7921213

Date of Patent

April 5, 2011

Patent Application Number

10255448

Date Filed

September 26, 2002

Patent Primary Examiner

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Yasin Barqadle

Patent abstract

A method of handing off connection requests from a file server to other receivers on a network includes receiving a connection request from a receiver, checking to see if the requested content is currently being provided by the file server to another receiver, and, if so, handing off the request to the another receiver.