摘要 |
An apparatus for retrieving information via a communication network is configured to analyze a first request for a collection of information, produce a set of second requests for a corresponding set of portions of the collection of information, each of the set of second requests being associated with a separate communication socket, store received segments of data associated with each of the communication sockets such that segments of data corresponding to a particular socket are stored in association with other of the received segments of data, and reconstitute the collection of information from the stored segments of data. Other aspects of the disclosure include: encoding and decoding files by replacing tags with smaller codes and vice versa, converting information into audio segments and increasing the pitch of the segments (and vice versa), encrypting and decrypting data, and providing users control over operation of a network interface. |