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Processing received data

  • US 10,015,104 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2016
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling the processing of data in a data processor, the data processor being connectable to a further device over a data link, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving data at the data processor;

    starting a timer, said timer running separately to an application of the data processor; and

    in response to the timer indicating that a time interval has passed since the start of the timer,determining whether processing of the received data by the application of said data processor in accordance with a data transfer protocol has begun, and,in response to determining that the application has not begun the processing of the received data in accordance with the data transfer protocol,triggering a protocol processing element of an operating system of said data processor to perform the processing of the received data in accordance with the data transfer protocol;

    wherein a buffer space having a size is allocated to the data link for storing data received at the data processor over the data link, the data link having a protocol that employs a receive window in accordance with which a transmitter of data according to the protocol will transmit no further traffic data once an amount of data defined by the receive window has been transmitted and is unacknowledged by the data processor, such that a size of the receive window is modified to a new size during operation.

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