Method for operating a remote procedure call handler in a client and a server and computer system comprising the same

• US 20120011400A1
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Dorau, Kai, Kropp, Holger
• Granted Patent: US 9,154,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]

Abstract

The invention is directed to a computer system comprising a server and a client and a method for operating a remote procedure call handler in the client and the server. The Method for operating a remote procedure call handler in the client according to the invention comprises the following steps:

• • a) sending a collected call message comprising a number of call messages to the server,
  • b) receiving an error message indicating a successful or erroneous transmission of the call messages comprised by the collected call message, wherein the error message indicates an erroneous transmission of at least one call message, wherein said at least one erroneous transmitted call message is retransmitted by the step of
  • c) sending a further collected call message comprising said erroneous transmitted call message as well as a plurality of further call messages.

Claims

1. Method for operating a remote procedure call handler in a client being connected to a server via a network with the following steps:

a) sending a collected call message comprising a number of call messages to the server,

b) receiving an error message indicating a successful or erroneous transmission of the call messages comprised by the collected call message, wherein the error message indicates an erroneous transmission of at least one call message,

wherein said at least one erroneous transmitted call message is retransmitted by the step of

c) sending a further collected call message comprising said erroneous transmitted call message as well as a plurality of further call messages.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein step b) comprises:

receiving a collected reply message comprising at least one reply message dedicated to a call message comprised by said collected call message as well as said error message.

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the collected reply message comprises reply messages to all successfully transmitted call messages comprised by said collected call message.

7. Computer system comprising a server, a client and a network connecting the server and the client, wherein the client comprises a remote procedure call handler for executing a method according to claim 1.

8. Computer system comprising a server, a client and a network connecting the server and the client, wherein the client comprises a remote procedure call handler for executing a method according to claim 2.

9. Computer system comprising a server, a client and a network connecting the server and the client, wherein the client comprises a remote procedure call handler for executing a method according to claim 3.

10. Computer system according to claim 7, wherein the server comprises a further remote procedure call handler for executing the method.

11. Computer system according to claim 7, wherein the server comprises a further remote procedure call handler for executing the method.

12. Computer system according to claim 7, wherein the server comprises a further remote procedure call handler for executing the method.

4. Method for operating a remote procedure call handler in a server being connected to a client via a network with the following steps:

a) receiving a collected call message comprising a number of call messages from the client,

b) detecting at least one erroneous calls message (ERR) in the received collected call message,

c) generating at least one error message in response to the at least one erroneous call massage (ERR),

d) retaining the at least one error message until a collected reply message comprising a number of reply messages is ready for being sent to the client, and

e) concatenating said at least one error message to said reply messages in said collected reply message,

f) sending said collected reply message, comprising said at least one error message as well as a plurality of further reply messages.

5. Method according to claim 4, wherein step f) comprises:

sending a collected reply message comprising at least one reply message dedicated to a call message of a collected call message received in step a).

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein said reply messages in step e) are reply messages to all successfully received call messages comprised by said collected call.