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Received portion of message is stored persistently and transmitted without awaiting receipt of another portion of the message and without generating a new message. The storing and transmitting can occur substantially simultaneously and be performed by one or more hardware elements. Originator of the

Received portion of message is stored persistently and transmitted without awaiting receipt of another portion of the message and without generating a new message. The storing and transmitting can occur substantially simultaneously and be performed by one or more hardware elements. Originator of the message can choose whether to indicate indication of broadcasting of the message. First hardware element can determine local acknowledgement for message and second hardware element can determine determinative signal of the local acknowledgement and at least one of: one or more collected intended recipient acknowledgements for the message; and one or more collected determinative signals of intended recipient acknowledgements for the message.

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[ What is claimed is:] [13.] A broadcast-acknowledgement system, comprising:an originator adapted to originate a message; anda hardware element adapted to determine an aggregate determinative acknowledgement signal for a subset of a plurality of intended recipients for said message broadcast from sa

[ What is claimed is:] [13.] A broadcast-acknowledgement system, comprising:an originator adapted to originate a message; anda hardware element adapted to determine an aggregate determinative acknowledgement signal for a subset of a plurality of intended recipients for said message broadcast from said originator, wherein said hardware element is further adapted to transmit said aggregate determinative acknowledgement signal on a path toward said originator.