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Method and apparatus for supporting multiple outstanding network requests on a single connection

  • US 5,678,007 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1994
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer network supporting a plurality of outstanding requests between a client and a server on a single connection, the computer network comprising:

  • a client for transmitting and maintaining status information for the plurality of simultaneously outstanding requests to the server, the client comprising;

    a sequence value generator for providing a sequence value for insertion into a request packet transmitted by the client in order to identify a response packet associated with the request packet transmitted by the client;

    a request packet manager comprising a set of request status entries associated with request packets transmitted by the client, the set of request status entries indicating whether a corresponding response packet has been received by the client; and

    indexing means for correlating response packets received by the client to entries within the set of request status entries in accordance with at least a sequence value provided by each response packet; and

    a server for receiving the plurality of outstanding requests and transmitting response packets to the client corresponding to the simultaneously outstanding requests.

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