Follow-up notification of availability of requested application service and bandwidth between client(s) and server(s) over any network

• US 7,003,569 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2001
• Issued: 02/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Crystal Mountain Communications, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Infineon Technologies AG)
• Inventors: Garg, Gopal K., Jha, Pankai K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cardone, Jason D
• Application Number:
  US09/812,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20020138613A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,799 Days
• Field of Search: 709/225, 709/224, 709/205, 709220-223, 718/105, 707/10, 707/205, 714/4, 370/382
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method for providing orderly service delivery to clients over a network, comprising the steps of (A) requesting data from a location and (B) if a denial is received, notifying a particular client of availability.

Claims

1. A method for providing evenly distributed bandwidth requests between one or more clients and a server over a network, comprising the steps of:

(A) requesting data from a location on said server by one of said clients;

(B) if said data is available, transferring said data to said client;

(C) if said data is unavailable, issuing a denial of service indication along with a queuing indication for notifying said client of a particular time window of availability of said data; and

(D) requesting said data from said server during said time window.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

distributing available resources of the network between said clients by evenly distributing said time windows over a period of time.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of:

distributing available resources of said server between said clients by evenly distributing said time windows over a period of time.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

prior to step (C), determining if the particular client is willing to receive service at a later time.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein

said client indicates an availability to receive service at a later time.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) further comprises:

requesting information from said client to provide service.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said information comprises (i) a network location, (ii) reachability information and (iii) time constraints.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (B) further comprises:

determining a network failure condition.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) further comprises:

determining a server status prior to notifying said client of said time window.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) further comprises:

presenting bandwidth requirement information as part of said queuing indication.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (C) further comprises:

determining a configuration of said particular client.

12. An apparatus comprising:

means for requesting data from a location on a server by one or a plurality of clients;

means for sending data to said client if said data is available;

means for notifying a particular client if said data is unavailable, wherein said notification includes a queuing indication for notifying said particular client of a particular time window of availability; and

means for requesting said data from said server during said time window.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a server configured to provide evenly distributed bandwidth requests to a number of clients each configured to request data from said server, over a network;

a control circuit configured to notify a particular client if said data is unavailable, wherein said notification includes a queuing indication for notifying said client of a particular time window of availability; and

means for requesting said data from said server during said time window.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to evenly distribute available resources of said server and said network.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to determine a failure condition of said network.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to determine a status of said server.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to determine bandwidth requirement information of said network.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to notify said number of clients.

19. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to indicate an availability of said server.

20. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said apparatus is further configured to determine a configuration of a particular client.