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Directory server for providing dynamically assigned network protocol addresses

  • US 6,185,184 B1
  • Filed: 09/25/1996
  • Issued: 02/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a server process capable of responding to requests from one or more client processes operatively coupled to the server process over a computer network, a method of monitoring the status of a client process, comprising the steps of:

  • A. receiving notification from a client process that the client process is active;

    B. determining that the client process is inactive if a subsequent notification from the client process is not received within a predetermined time interval;

    C. monitoring a number of requests from a plurality of active client processes coupled to the server over the computer network; and

    D. increasing the predetermined time interval if the number of requests from the plurality of active client processes at least equals a predetermined threshold.

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