A polling procedure providing the capabilities to assign and dynamically modify a user's communication parameters (i.e., response allocation and polling rate) based on the user's bandwidth requirements. In addition, the polling procedure instructs the users to delay their responses as a function of round-trip...http://www.google.com/patents/US5889963?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5889963 - Method and system for an efficient multiple access polling protocol for interactive communication
