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A computer data signal embodied in a propagation medium is provided. The signal enables a variable number of data transfers and includes an initial connection source code segment and a data transfer source code segment. The initial connection source code segment establishes a connection between at l

A computer data signal embodied in a propagation medium is provided. The signal enables a variable number of data transfers and includes an initial connection source code segment and a data transfer source code segment. The initial connection source code segment establishes a connection between at least two devices via predetermined listening ports, with at least one predetermined listening port residing within each device. The initial connection source code segment also dynamically assigns a first data port within a first device, and transmits the address of the first data port to a remaining device via the predetermined listening ports. The data transfer source code segment is for each of the variable number of data transfer operations. The data transfer source code segment dynamically assigns a corresponding second data port within the remaining device and transfers data between the connected devices via the data ports so that the data is substantially simultaneously transferred between a variable number of devices via the data ports. Each pair of first and second data ports is established in response to each listening port connection.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A file transfer device that transfers data with at least one remote device, the file transfer device comprising:at least one listening port which receives a control connection from the at least one remote device; andat least one dynamically assigned data port for data t

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A file transfer device that transfers data with at least one remote device, the file transfer device comprising:at least one listening port which receives a control connection from the at least one remote device; andat least one dynamically assigned data port for data transfer with the at least one remote device, each data port being represented by a socket data structure and enabling a data transfer,wherein the control connection is utilized to transmit the address of the at least one dynamically assigned data port,wherein data is substantially simultaneously transferred with multiple remote devices via the dynamically assigned data ports, andwherein each device stores the socket data structures in a linked list to manage the flow of data transfers, the linked list being traversed to enable substantially simultaneous data transfers.