Swansea midfielder Joe Allen has benefited more than most from Martinez's preferred style of play, where sound technique takes precedent over physical attributes.
Packet switching got its name thanks to late British scientist Donald Davies who was creating a network that used this technique at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
The Supreme Court did uphold a patent on a software-controlled rubber-curing machine in 1981, but its ruling emphasized that this was because the patent covered a physical machine that happened to have a software component, rather than claiming a software technique by itself.
We're always looking for a type of player who's not physical but a very good thinker, who's ready to take decisions, who has talent, technique and agility.