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Dynamic timeout in a client-server system

  • US 7,493,394 B2
  • Filed: 12/31/2003
  • Issued: 02/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dynamic timeout comprising machine-implemented steps of:

  • receiving a request from a requestor at a server or a process communicatively coupled thereto;

    determining whether an interim message should be sent to the requestor;

    wherein the interim message contains information regarding what the server is doing to process the client'"'"'s request, during a time period in which it is not yet possible for the server to provide a more substantive response; and

    if the interim message should be sent to the requestor, sending to the requestor the interim message referring to the request, wherein the interim message contains response-related items, comprising;

    if processing the request involves multiple steps, an indication of which steps of the multiple steps have already been performed; and

    if processing the request involves sending a second request to an external resource server, an indication of the status of the second request.

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