A method for tracking a transmission status of one or more data elements to one or more devices. In one example, the method includes providing a list including one or more devices and one or more data elements; processing the list to determine a data element of the one or more data elements to transmit to a device of one of the one or more devices; and upon successfully transmitting the data element to the device, adjusting the list so that the list indicates that the device has received the transmitted data element. In this manner, the status of whether a particular data element has been sent to a particular device can be easily derived from the list.

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›1.independentA method for tracking a transmission status of one or more data elements to one or more routing devices, comprising:nproviding a list including one or…+11

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein providing the list includes forming a linked list between the data elements and the routing devices.d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein providing the list further comprises:nproviding a global version number;providing a local version number associated wit…d2+9

›4.↳ 3The method of claim 3, wherein when the data element is added to the list, the local version number associated with the data element is set to a value…d3

›5.↳ 3The method of claim 3, wherein the local version number associated with the routing device in the list is set to an initial value of zero.d3

›6.↳ 3The method of claim 3, wherein the local version number associated with the routing device in the list is set to an initial value of zero and is reset…d3

›7.↳ 3The method of claim 3, wherein providing the list further comprises:nproviding a pointer to a start of the list; andproviding a pointer to an end of t…d3+2

›10.↳ 3The method of claim 3, wherein the operation of processing the list further comprises:nlocating the routing device in the list which is nearest to a s…d3+1

›12.↳ 3The method of claim 3, wherein the operation of adjusting the list further comprises:nresetting the local version number of the routing device to be e…d3

›13.independentA method for transmitting one or more data elements to one or more routing devices, comprising:nproviding a list including one or more routing devices…+7

›14.↳ 13The method of claim 13, wherein providing the list includes forming a linked list between the data elements and the routing devices.d2

›15.↳ 13The method of claim 13, wherein the operation of providing the list further comprises:nproviding a global version number;providing a local version num…d2+5

›21.independentA router, comprising: a module for providing a list one or more routing devices and one or more data elements, wherein each data element includes a ro…

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F11/00
G06F15/16

Section H — Electricity

H04L9/00
H04N7/167

USPC · US Patent Classification

709/207709/203709/206380/201

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