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DETERMINING AN EFFICIENT KEEP-ALIVE INTERVAL FOR A NETWORK CONNECTION

  • US 20130151719A1
  • Filed: 02/11/2013
  • Published: 06/13/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in communication between a plurality of clients and a server, via respective networking devices, comprising:

  • at the server, providing a data store configured to store efficient keep-alive intervals received from the plurality of clients via the respective networking devices;

    receiving a request for a data connection from a requesting client;

    querying the data store to determine if a cached efficient keep-alive interval is present in the data store, which has been received from another client connected to the same or a related networking device and stored in the data store; and

    if the cached efficient keep-alive interval is present, sending the cached efficient keep-alive interval from the server to the requesting client for application to the data connection.

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