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Methods, systems, and computer program products for sharing information for detecting an idle TCP connection

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  • US 10,306,026 B1
  • Filed: 07/19/2018
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • at a node;

    receiving, from another node, a transmission control protocol (TCP)-variant packet in advance of a TCP-variant connection being established;

    detecting an idle time period parameter field in the TCP-variant packet;

    identifying metadata in the idle time period parameter field for an idle time period and, during which, no packet is communicated in the TCP-variant connection to keep the TCP-variant connection active; and

    modifying, based on the metadata, a timeout attribute associated with the TCP-variant connection.

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