System and method for implementing a client side HTTP stack
US7219346B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A software components and methods are provided for implementation of a client side HTTP stack, which provide high performance and scalability. Multithreading and completion ports are employed in the client side HTTP layer in association with sockets and a thread pool, thereby providing support for business-to-business and other more recent client side applications which create numerous requests. The invention further comprises a dedicated scheduler thread adapted to activate an object scheduled to begin sending requests at a specific time, as well as a dedicated DNS thread used for resolving symbolic domain names into IP addresses. In addition, the client side HTTP stack implementation comprises a dedicated timeout thread with a list of active sockets and timers associated with each socket to allow finer grain control over socket timeout periods.
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